Iranian taekwondo competitor Farzad Zolghadri practices with Bulgarian national taekwondo team coach Teodor Georgiev during a training session in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
SOFIA (Reuters) - Iranian taekwondo competitor Farzad Zolghadri said on Thursday he intends to represent Bulgaria at this summer's Tokyo Olympics, adding his move has nothing to do with politics and is motivated purely by improving his chances of success.
Zolghadri's switch of allegiance to the Balkan country follows a decision by fellow taekwondo competitor Kimia Alizadeh, Iran's only female Olympic medallist, who won bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics, to move to Germany last week.
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