Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq (L) exercises with her fiance
Posted on 03/29/2008 7:13:43 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics.
Few athletes will have faced the obstacles 21-year-old Abdul-Razzaq has overcome to reach Beijing, from a sniper's bullets to a paucity of adequate training facilities and religious and cultural opposition to female athletes.
"I love running, I have the persistence to keep practising and I have ambition despite all the problems that I face," she told Reuters at Baghdad's crumbling Shaab stadium.
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God Bless her and best of luck to her. Hope Hillary reads this she will know what it means to be in a war zone.
Another female dodging sniper bullets?
OK, I guess she did after all. Better story than Hillary’s. But, of course, how did she know the rounds came from a sniper rifle?
A female seeking to improve her life, over ruling centuries of oppressive tradition - she’s probably been a target, more so than just being a female alone on the street.
Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq (L) exercises with her fiance
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