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Female Afghan boxer off to UK
KABUL (PAN): The only Afghan girl taking part in the boxing event of this
year’s Olympic Games in London on Saturday left for the UK to prepare for
the completion, officials said.
Muhammad Arif Paiman, the Olympic committee spokesman, told Pajhwok
Afgha News the teenager, Sadaf Rahimi, had been invited by the
International Boxing Federation to London to train for several weeks ahead
of the event.
During her 20 days trip to London, she would be trained by professional
coaches, Payman said. The 17-year-old student has been playing boxing
over the past five years.
Placed in the 54-kilogram weight category, she recently earned a gold
medal in an international competition in Tajikistan. Rahimi is also a good
taekwondo player.
Two male athletes, Roohullah Nikpa and Nisar Ahmad Bahawi, will represent
Afghanistan in this year's games, scheduled for July.
Paiman said Afghan women’s participation in sports was increasing with
time and currently the country had 3,000 female taekwondo, karate,
boxing, basketball and volleyball athletes.
The International Olympic Committee suspended Afghanistan from the
games after the Taliban banned women from participating in sports events.
For the first time in its history, Afghan women took part in the 2004
Olympics in Athens.
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/02/18...fghan-boxer-uk
KABUL (PAN): The only Afghan girl taking part in the boxing event of this
year’s Olympic Games in London on Saturday left for the UK to prepare for
the completion, officials said.
Muhammad Arif Paiman, the Olympic committee spokesman, told Pajhwok
Afgha News the teenager, Sadaf Rahimi, had been invited by the
International Boxing Federation to London to train for several weeks ahead
of the event.
During her 20 days trip to London, she would be trained by professional
coaches, Payman said. The 17-year-old student has been playing boxing
over the past five years.
Placed in the 54-kilogram weight category, she recently earned a gold
medal in an international competition in Tajikistan. Rahimi is also a good
taekwondo player.
Two male athletes, Roohullah Nikpa and Nisar Ahmad Bahawi, will represent
Afghanistan in this year's games, scheduled for July.
Paiman said Afghan women’s participation in sports was increasing with
time and currently the country had 3,000 female taekwondo, karate,
boxing, basketball and volleyball athletes.
The International Olympic Committee suspended Afghanistan from the
games after the Taliban banned women from participating in sports events.
For the first time in its history, Afghan women took part in the 2004
Olympics in Athens.
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/02/18...fghan-boxer-uk
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