First Afghan Woman Olympian, competes under great duress

Friday, September 20th, 2013 by Charlie Butts
First Afghan Woman Olympian, competes under great duress

You would think that if you checked your Facebook page just before your big race in the Olympics that you would find all kinds of encouragement from your fellow countrymen… but what Tahmina Kohistani found was hate messages. As the first ever woman to compete in the Olympics from Afghanistan, she felt terrific pressure to “go […]

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