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As Saudi women make history, local Olympian recalls struggles of US female athletes

by · August 8, 2012 · 0 Comments

Saudi Arabian women Sarah Attar and Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani (behind) take part in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27. They are the first women to represent Saudi Arabia in the Olympics. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)

For the first time in Olympic history, women are sporting Saudi Arabia’s flag at the Olympic games. Just two weeks before the start of the games, this Middle Eastern country known for the restrictions it places on women announced that it would send two female athletes to the Olympics. Neither athlete has been favored to win [...]

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