Kimia Alizadeh, the Iranian Olympic medallist

Iranian defector Kimia Alizadeh has told German media that she "would be happy to compete for Germany" at this year's Summer Olympics.The 21-year-old Alizadeh has been a national hero since becoming the first Iranian woman to stand on an Olympic podium by winning a bronze medal in the taekwondo 57-kilogram weight class at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.