Dana Abdul-Razzaq: Iraq's Sole Female Olympic Athlete

"Brave woman sprinter leads Iraqi Olympics charge" from UK Guardianh reports that Dana Abdul-Razzaq, a 21 year old sprinter, will be Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympic Games from Iraq.

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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[Carlos Martínez Denegri]

saludarles desde mi mexico lindo y querido.. muchos saludos

te quiero Dana Abdul-Razzaq