Lara Gwinn

Articles by Lara Gwinn

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

“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.

Zakia Khudadadi of Refugee Paralympic Team celebrates after winning the Women's Taekw

Novak Djokovic: ‘I Was Never Anti-Vax, I Was Pro-Freedom’

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic, who famously declined to take the coronavirus vaccine, won his fourth U.S. Open and 24th Grand Slam on Sunday, where he followed up his win explaining to ESPN that his decision not to take the vaccination “was never anti-vax” and “was always pro-freedom.”

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Daniil Medvede