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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
No, you send your best. That being said, I'm fine with people getting out there and just doing their best, you won't always win but you always do your best - it's the scouting way. And when Kariman Abuljadayel ran her race, that was awesome. Knowing that while the other runners left her in the dust, she did something more important. She thumbed her nose at the Muslim male leadership and all but told them to **** off. That's brave in many ways. And I pray to God this wardrobe malfunction doesn't cost her her life, or a mutilation, in some form of Muslim honor bullshit.
So yeah, there's more than one way to win in life and the Olympics. I really wish the women who lead the race would have embraced her for the walls she's helping to break down at what could be a risk to her life. Perhaps those race-leaders forgot how repressed they once were. She's not the only Muslim woman representing, and I hope it continues.
Not that I have an opinion. |
Totally agree. My post wasn't an indictment on the runner, more just that I was surprised that there could be athletes competing that was so far behind everyone else. I commend her as well.