US EditionJudo Athlete Pretended to Be Blind. Her Case Reopens the Topic of Fraud in Parasports
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Shahana Hadzhiyeva won a gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics – competing as “visually impaired”. But she will never compete in this category again. It was revealed that she does not have a visual impairment. Or at least not the one she claimed. However, her case is far from unique; once at the Paralympics, even an entire basketball team feigned disability.
A gold medallist in Tokyo in 2021, Azerbaijan was permanently excluded from competitions for visually impaired people after a test revealing that she had no disability. A thunderbolt in the world of para judo. Azerbaijan's Shahana Hajiyeva, who was awarded a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021, was suspended for life from Paralympic competitions reserved for visually impaired people. A decision made following a medical test revealin…
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