# Any pictures of the fully covered female sprinter from Afghanistan competing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828 "2004-08-21T05:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/1 "2004-08-21T05:23:11Z")
Just curious. I looked around but couldn’t find any [Islamic women making history in Athens.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5773347/) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/2 "2004-08-21T05:27:57Z")
I saw a quick shot of her on NBC, but I haven’t seen any online. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/3 "2004-08-21T05:46:57Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Just curious. I looked around but couldn’t find any > > [Islamic women making history in Athens.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5773347/) Yeah I just saw the same shot a few seconds ago. It looks like she’s ready to clean her apartment, or get ready for bed in that T shirt and sweat pants outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/4 "2004-08-23T17:27:41Z")
[Here’s a picture.](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-08-23-afghan-woman_x.htm) Its not like she is in a burka, she’s just wearing sweat pants. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/5 "2004-08-23T17:44:48Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Yeah I just saw the same shot a few seconds ago. It looks like she’s ready to clean her apartment, or get ready for bed in that T shirt and sweat pants outfit. I would not mind if other women runners put more clothes on ,some of them look so muscular/mannly,that watching games with girlfriend in you arms and hoping for a nice romantic evening is not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/6 "2004-08-23T19:55:20Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > I would not mind if other women runners put more clothes on ,some of them look so muscular/mannly,that watching games with girlfriend in you arms and hoping for a nice romantic evening is not a good idea. I’m pretty sure they’re proud of those muscles. I don’t think the women runners look manly at all. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/7 "2004-08-23T21:12:34Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Any pictures of the fully covered female sprinter from Afghanistan competing? Surely an internet first - someone asking for pictures of a fully-clothed woman! ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/8 "2004-08-23T21:46:17Z")
Isn’t there a woman from Iran competing in sharp-shooting, because that is the only sport where she could where a full burka? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/9 "2004-08-23T21:49:22Z")
El Mundo has a photo [here](http://www.el-mundo.es/papel/2004/03/06/deportes/), from the waist up, so you don see her track pants or shoes. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/10 "2004-08-23T21:51:41Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [Here’s a picture.](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/track/2003-08-23-afghan-woman_x.htm) Its not like she is in a burka, she’s just wearing sweat pants. And apparently, this was **far** too skimpy an outfit for some Iraqi men to tolerate. On NBC, they quoted one Iraqi man as saying “If my sister went outside looking like that, I’d kill her.” ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/11 "2004-08-23T21:59:04Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Isn’t there a woman from Iran competing in sharp-shooting, because that is the only sport where she could where a full burka? That’s [Nassim Hassanpour](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3570040.stm). She’s acutally a trained gymnast but took up shooting because she couldn’t ever compete in gymnatics. She’s the only female athlete at the Olympics from Iran. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/12 "2004-08-23T22:08:21Z")
Sorry, was the OP asking for just the Afghan athlete or some of the other Muslim athlete’s as well? (Hence my link to Bahrain’s runner, Rakia Al Gassra.) Gassra’s outfit looks a bit bit streamlined and aerodynamic despite the headscarf. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/13 "2004-08-24T00:41:51Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > That’s [Nassim Hassanpour](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3570040.stm). She’s acutally a trained gymnast but took up shooting because she couldn’t ever compete in gymnatics. She’s the only female athlete at the Olympics from Iran. Jeez, she must have had a fun time with security. ☹ BTW, how did she place? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/14 "2004-08-24T01:01:59Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Jeez, she must have had a fun time with security. ☹ > > BTW, how did she place? Hm… not sure. She was competing in the 10m air pistol, and she’s not in the top 8. I’m not having much luck finding detailed results. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/15 "2004-08-24T03:03:07Z")
> [@tracer](#): > > And apparently, this was **far** too skimpy an outfit for some Iraqi men to tolerate. On NBC, they quoted one Iraqi man as saying “If my sister went outside looking like that, I’d kill her.” I would not surprise me if she did not live long once she returns to her country. A sickening thought, but based on recent history in Iran, not a wild statement either. ☹ Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/16 "2004-08-24T03:10:59Z")
[Cite](http://www.iran-e-azad.org/english/womenpr.html) [Cite again](http://www.iran-e-azad.org/stoning/) [Cite the third](http://www.spectrezine.org/resist/Iran.doc.htm) Atrocious. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/17 "2004-08-24T04:29:14Z")
[The Iranian female shooter placed 28th](http://www.athens2004.com/en/ShootingWomen/results?rsc=SHW203101&frag=SHW203101_C74A) ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/18 "2004-08-24T04:49:07Z")
**Loach** , your picture appears to be from the World Championships. I saw the 100m heat at the Olympics where the Afghani woman competed. She appeared to be wearing bike shorts and a medium-fitting t-shirt. Certainly more than most of the women, but hardly enough to slow her down much. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/19 "2004-08-24T05:00:21Z")
Since we gravitated to topic of stoning to death in Iran ,I have to let you know that worst offender of womens rights BY FAR in m.east is our friendly nation of Saudi Arabia. Somehow recently mass media starts vilifiyng and demonizing Iran, and sheeple as usually follows. Simillar thing happened before Iraqi war ,remember. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828/20 "2004-08-24T05:00:45Z")
Muqim Yaar Robina ran a 14.14 in the 100 meters setting an Afghani national record in the event. She finished seventh in her heat ahead of a runner from Somalia. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pictures-of-the-fully-covered-female-sprinter-from-afghanistan-competing/260828.md?page=2)