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By allowing them to compete for Afghanistan, the I.O.C. is not only undermining its own commitment to Olympic values but also lending legitimacy to the Taliban’s unrecognized regime.
Kimia Yousofi, of Afghanistan, makes a political statement after a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Martin Meissner / AP ...
The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.
Two sisters and Afghanistan’s flagbearer at the last Olympics say they aren’t competing just for themselves but also for many women who are banned by the Taliban regime from playing sports.
I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.
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As an Afghan woman athlete, I'm proud to see us at the Olympics despite the Taliban - MSNI began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.
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Inside Afghan Women's Fight to Compete at the Olympics - MSNBut not everyone supports the idea of an Afghan Olympic team. Friba Rezayee, one of Afghanistan's first two female Olympians in 2004, argued in a recent New York Times editorial that the ...
'Don't give up,' Afghanistan Olympian Kimia Yousofi tells girls under Taliban's oppression Yousofi pulled out piece of paper at the Olympic Games that read, 'Education, Sport, our right,' and held ...
There is a precedent to ban the Taliban/Afghanistan from the Olympic Games. Back in 1990s, when the Taliban ruled, the IOC completely banned them from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’ Defiant breaker Manizha Talash says her spot in the Games shows the courage of Afghan girls, that ‘everyone can ...
Kimia Yousofi may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.
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