Defector in shock

Iranian defector Kimia Alizadeh shocked two-time Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones at the Tokyo Games, beating the British champion 16-12 in the round of 16. Alizadeh, a bronze medallist in Rio de Janeiro, won twice for the Refugee Olympic Team to advance to the quarter-finals in the women’s 57kg division. The 23-year-old Alizadeh became the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal when she pushed through her repechage for an impressive bronze in Rio, but she is competing for the refugee team after defecting to Germany in early 2020.