Woman with One Arm Who Escaped Taliban Wins Bronze in Taekwondo at Paralympics

By: Lara Gwinn · Lara Gwinn

"It was a surreal moment, my heart started racing," 25-year-old Zakia Khudadadi said of the moment she "threw her helmet and mouthpiece into the air" winning the bronze against Turkey’s Ekinci Nurcihan in the women's taekwondo competition Thursday in Paris, at the 2024 Paralympic Games.