TA foreigner. This was the decision of the World Federation of dance sports with Maniza Talash. The athlete who represents at these Olympic Games Paris 2024 the Refugee Olympic team She was disqualified for displaying a political message while participating in the breakdance specialty: “free Afghan women” (“Free Afghan woman” in Spanish).
A message she wore on one of the clothes she entered to compete in during her tour. And this makes more sense because it was she, An Afghan woman, who wore the Cape during the third round of the qualifying stage against low passes. The 21-year-old did not get further and did not advance to the quarterfinal stage, which ended with confirmation of her immediate disqualification.
What I did on stage I think is enough (to find out what happened)
Political slang is not allowed
The reasons put forward by the federation in a brief statement on the Olympic Information System indicated the political reasons for this letter: “Display a political slogan on your dress“. And sansin, which is prescribed in Article 50 of the Olympic Charter, which prohibits protests or political messages on the Olympic Stadium.
Talash is competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the slogan “Free Afghan woman”
However, the International Olympic Committee, which created the Olympic refugee team, He lowered his tone and said in a statement that Talash had only received a warning from the chairman of his disciplinary committee. Indeed, before the Tokyo 2021 Games, the commission itself amended rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter. Thus, protests can occur as long as the principles of the Olympics are respected”It is not directed directly or indirectly against people, countries, organizations and/or their dignity and other athletes are not disturbed in their preparation.“.
What is clear is that the Afghan athlete will no longer compete at the Olympic Games in Paris. Some of the consequences she did not want to make and was quickly taken out of the mixed zone. Only one of the athlete’s companions shed some light: “What I did on stage I think is enough“.
If I had stayed in Afghanistan, I wouldn’t have survived
Death threats at home
Talash fled to Pakistan with his brother, who was twelve years old, in August 2021. This was the moment when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. “If I had stayed in Afghanistan, I wouldn’t have survivedHe told the BBC at the time of the incident. “They will execute me or stone me to death“. A tense moment in his life as he came to receive death threats in his hometown, Kabul. A life that has completely changed him now, given the future that awaits him. A woman has been living in Spain since 2022.
