Olympic officials said on Friday that clothing ‘Afghan women For writing the slogan ‘Azadi Du’ Afghan refugees To break dancer Maniza Talash Paris Olympics was kicked out.
The World Dance Support Federation said Talash was “disqualified for having a political slogan on his dress”.
When she came on stage to compete, her blue coat had the slogan written in white words. Due to his disqualification, his team, Break India Surjo of the Netherlands, was declared the winner.
On Friday, when Afghan breakdancer Maneeza Tahla took off her jumper before the competition, the coat underneath was emblazoned with the words ‘Free Afghan Women’.
The audience and the Dutch competitor raised their hands and appreciated the action of the Afghan player. However, the rules of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are clear that ‘No demonstration or political, religious or ethnic propaganda is allowed at the venues of the Olympic Games and elsewhere.’
After the incident, the World Dance Support Federation, which oversees the sport, said that the head of the IOC Disciplinary Commission will consider the matter with reference to the IOC’s Athlete Expression Guidelines.
It was not immediately clear whether Maniza Talash will face further punishment, but she says she did her part.
‘I wanted to show people what was possible.’
Break dancing, a street dance style that originated in New York in the 1970s, made its debut at the Olympic Games in Paris this year. The initiative was aimed at attracting young fans to the global sporting events.
Muniza, who now lives in Spain, fled the country in 2021 after war-torn Afghanistan fell to the Taliban.
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She developed an interest in breakdancing while living in her home country but was unable to pursue her dream as the hard-line Taliban banned women from education, work and sports, among other areas of public life.
At the time Talash had to leave Afghanistan, she was the only female break dancer in the ‘Superior’s Crew’ group of break dancers in Kabul.
Knowing that the Taliban would never allow her to leave her home, break-dancing is far away, Talash decides to leave the country and moves to Spain with her younger brother.
Afghanistan is represented by three women and three men at the Olympic Games, a largely symbolic move by the International Olympic Committee.
The move is intended to send a message to the country, where access to sports and gymnasiums has been restricted for women and girls under Taliban rule.
Both the head and secretary general of Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) are currently living in exile. The IOC recognizes the Afghan Committee.
The Paris Olympics is the third Olympics in which a refugee team has participated, with 37 athletes competing in 12 different sports, including athletics, badminton and boxing.
The IOC has said that it does not recognize any Taliban official in the matter of Olympic sports.
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2024-08-12 04:31:40
