Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Tokyo Paralympics: Taekwondo

Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi (R) competes against Ukraine's Viktoriia Marchuk in the quarterfinals of the women's taekwondo K44 49-kilogram class repechage event at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sept. 2, 2021, at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba near Tokyo.

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