Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

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Women's 57 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Women's 57 kg; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais
Date	8 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 2020 2028 →

The women's 57 kg competition in Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 8 August 2024 at the Grand Palais.^[1]

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Repechage				Bronze Medal

				11	Laetitia Aoun (LBN)	0	2

				4	Skylar Park (CAN)	0	4
4	Skylar Park (CAN)	6	3

5	Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR)	4	2

Repechage				Bronze Medal

15	Kimia Alizadeh (BUL)	3	2

10	Chaima Toumi (TUN)	2	2
				15	Kimia Alizadeh (BUL)	0	0	6

				1	Luo Zongshi (CHN)	0	4	5

Round of 16				Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

13	Dominika Hronová (CZE)	2	3

4	Skylar Park (CAN)	6	4
				4	Skylar Park (CAN)	6	5

				12	Kim Yu-jin (KOR)	7	9
5	Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR)	5	2

12	Kim Yu-jin (KOR)	7	7
									12	Kim Yu-jin (KOR)	7	1	10

									1	Luo Zongshi (CHN)	0	7	3
9	Stacey Hymer (AUS)	0	0

8	Maria Clara Pacheco (BRA)	5	0
				8	Maria Clara Pacheco (BRA)	1	2	0

				1	Luo Zongshi (CHN)	0	3	6
1	Luo Zongshi (CHN)	6	5

16	Emmanuella Atora (GAB)	2	0

Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals

15	Kimia Alizadeh (BUL)	10	5	7

2	Nahid Kiani (IRI)	7	6	7
					2	Nahid Kiani (IRI)	5	0	3

					10	Chaima Toumi (TUN)	2	3	2
7	Faith Dillon (USA)	3	1	2

10	Chaima Toumi (TUN)	0	4	9
										2	Nahid Kiani (IRI)	10	9

										11	Laetitia Aoun (LBN)	3	0
11	Laetitia Aoun (LBN)	4	3

6	Lo Chia-ling (TPE)	2	2
					11	Laetitia Aoun (LBN)	9	6

					14	Miljana Reljiḱ (MKD)	8	6
3	Jade Jones (GBR)	6	5	1

14	Miljana Reljiḱ (MKD)	7	4	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}

In a rematch of their bout from the 2020 Summer Olympics where Kimia Alizadeh was the victor, Nahid Kiani narrowly defeated Alizadeh in the 2024 bout on 8 August 2024.^[2]^[3] Alizadeh eventually won bronze and Kiani won the silver medal, the latter being the first for an Iranian woman at the Olympics, surpassing Alizadeh's 2016 bronze feat. While Kiani competed for the Iranian team, Alizadeh competed for the Bulgarian team after having represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she became the first Iranian female medalist at the Olympics.^[4]^[5]^[6] Alizadeh became Bulgaria's first-ever taekwondo competitor at the Olympics, and won Bulgaria's first medal in Olympic taekwondo.^[7] Prior to Alizadeh's defection, the two were friends and training partners.^[3]

Gold medal match

Kim Yu-jin (KOR)

Nahid Kiani (IRI)

IRIB, Iran's state-run broadcaster, censored Alizadeh and the podium celebrations when the two athletes were embracing each other, after having censored the opening ceremony weeks prior as well.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] During the broadcast, IRIB reporters refused to mention Alizadeh by name and attacked her with nicknames such as "homeless".^[13]^[14] Alizadeh had defected from Iran years prior to Germany.^[3]^[15]

Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, wrote that Alizadeh and Kiani are both winners, and called the Iranian Islamic Republic regime the loser of the match.^[16]^[17] Masih Alinejad lambasted IRIB's censorship and stated the Iranian regime has pitted women against each other.^[10]

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[1]
"2024 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women's 57 kg Schedule" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
[2]
"شگفتی تکمیل نشد؛ ناهید کیانی در فینال المپیک پاریس باخت و نقره گرفت".
[3]
https://iranwire.com/en/sports/132704-two-friends-make-olympics-history-for-iran-and-bulgaria/
[4]
Rosemain, Mathieu (2024-08-08). "Taekwondo-Iranian exile Alizadeh edged by old friend Kiyanichandeh". Reuters.
[5]
"Iran defector loses to old friend and former taekwondo teammate at Paris Olympics". AP News. August 8, 2024. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
[6]
"ناهید کیانی نخستین نقره المپیک را برای ورزش زنان ایران کسب کرد". BBC News فارسی. August 8, 2024. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
[7]
https://www.novinite.com/articles/227633/Kimia+Alizadeh+Secures+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+First-Ever+Olympic+Medal+in+Taekwondo
[8]
"سانسور بی‌سابقه نام کیمیا علیزاده در تلویزیون". Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
[9]
"صداوسیما سانسور کرد؛ ناهید کیانی در آغوش کیمیا علیزاده". Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
[10]
Alinejad, Masih [@AlinejadMasih] (August 8, 2024). "This hug was censored by the Islamic Republic's state television. Kimia Alizadeh, who refused to bow to forced hijab or compete under the Islamic Republic's flag, and Nahid Kiani, who participated wearing the regime's mandatory hijab, both women medals. Yet, the misogynistic regime fears even the sight of their embrace. For years, this regime has pitted us women against each other, but a day will come when we reclaim Iran and free our sports from the clutches of the apartheid Islamic Republic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
[11]
Dagres, Holly [@hdagres] (August 9, 2024). "Iranian state media censored the embrace of former teammates Nahid Kiyani Chandeh and Kimia Alizadeh at the end of the #Olympics 57kg Taekwondo match. The now-viral video has evoked many emotions in Iranians: joy, pride, and, for some in the diaspora, the pangs of exile" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
[12]
"موج انتقادات از صداوسیما به خاطر سانسور در پوشش المپیک".
[13]
https://iranwire.com/fa/news-1/132764-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/
[14]
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202408092014
[15]
Specia, Megan (13 January 2020). "Iran's Only Female Olympic Medalist Defects over 'Lies' and 'Injustice'". The New York Times.
[16]
"رویارویی ورزشکاران ایرانی در المپیک؛ شاهزاده رضا پهلوی: ناهید و کیمیا هر دو برنده‌اند، بازنده جمهوری اسلامی است". ir.voanews.com. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
[17]
https://x.com/PahlaviReza/status/1821591078174130501

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[1] [1]
"2024 Summer Olympics — Taekwondo – Women's 57 kg Schedule" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[3] [2]
"شگفتی تکمیل نشد؛ ناهید کیانی در فینال المپیک پاریس باخت و نقره گرفت".

[friends-4] [3]
https://iranwire.com/en/sports/132704-two-friends-make-olympics-history-for-iran-and-bulgaria/

[reuters-5] [4]
Rosemain, Mathieu (2024-08-08). "Taekwondo-Iranian exile Alizadeh edged by old friend Kiyanichandeh". Reuters.

[6] [5]
"Iran defector loses to old friend and former taekwondo teammate at Paris Olympics". AP News. August 8, 2024. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

[7] [6]
"ناهید کیانی نخستین نقره المپیک را برای ورزش زنان ایران کسب کرد". BBC News فارسی. August 8, 2024. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

[8] [7]
https://www.novinite.com/articles/227633/Kimia+Alizadeh+Secures+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+First-Ever+Olympic+Medal+in+Taekwondo

[9] [8]
"سانسور بی‌سابقه نام کیمیا علیزاده در تلویزیون". Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[10] [9]
"صداوسیما سانسور کرد؛ ناهید کیانی در آغوش کیمیا علیزاده". Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[alinejad-11] [10]
Alinejad, Masih [@AlinejadMasih] (August 8, 2024). "This hug was censored by the Islamic Republic's state television. Kimia Alizadeh, who refused to bow to forced hijab or compete under the Islamic Republic's flag, and Nahid Kiani, who participated wearing the regime's mandatory hijab, both women medals. Yet, the misogynistic regime fears even the sight of their embrace. For years, this regime has pitted us women against each other, but a day will come when we reclaim Iran and free our sports from the clutches of the apartheid Islamic Republic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] [11]
Dagres, Holly [@hdagres] (August 9, 2024). "Iranian state media censored the embrace of former teammates Nahid Kiyani Chandeh and Kimia Alizadeh at the end of the #Olympics 57kg Taekwondo match. The now-viral video has evoked many emotions in Iranians: joy, pride, and, for some in the diaspora, the pangs of exile" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[13] [12]
"موج انتقادات از صداوسیما به خاطر سانسور در پوشش المپیک".

[14] [13]
https://iranwire.com/fa/news-1/132764-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/

[15] [14]
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202408092014

[16] [15]
Specia, Megan (13 January 2020). "Iran's Only Female Olympic Medalist Defects over 'Lies' and 'Injustice'". The New York Times.

[17] [16]
"رویارویی ورزشکاران ایرانی در المپیک؛ شاهزاده رضا پهلوی: ناهید و کیمیا هر دو برنده‌اند، بازنده جمهوری اسلامی است". ir.voanews.com. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[18] [17]
https://x.com/PahlaviReza/status/1821591078174130501

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