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

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

Women's 57 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais
Date	8 August 2024
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Kim Yu-jin  South Korea Nahid Kiani  Iran Skylar Park  Canada Kimia Alizadeh  Bulgaria
← 2020 2028 →

Summary

This is the seventh appearance of the women's 57kg event.

Anastasija Zolotic failed to qualify, and Tatiana Minina failed to qualify because the IOC did not claim her neutral. Instead, Dominika Hronová took her spot and lost to the eventual bronze medalist Skylar Park. One of the bronze medalists Lo Chia-ling lost to Laetitia Aoun, and Hatice Kübra İlgün lost to eventual champion Kim Yu-jin. Later, Ilgün advanced to repechages losing to Skylar Park.

Results

Gold medal match

	Gold medal match
	12	Kim Yu-jin (KOR)	5	9
	2	Nahid Kiani (IRI)	1	0

Repechage

	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

Main bracket

Pool A

	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

Pool B

	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[a]

Kimia Alizadeh vs Nahid Kiani

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]

Aftermath

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]

See also

• Kimia Alizadeh vs Nahid Kiani (Persian Wiki)

Notes

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