The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.

Kimia Yousofi, of Afghanistan, makes a political statement after a heat in the women's 100-meter run at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. Martin Meissner / AP ...

By allowing them to compete for Afghanistan, the I.O.C. is not only undermining its own commitment to Olympic values but also lending legitimacy to the Taliban’s unrecognized regime.

Two sisters and Afghanistan’s flagbearer at the last Olympics say they aren’t competing just for themselves but also for many women who are banned by the Taliban regime from playing sports.

I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.

'Don't give up,' Afghanistan Olympian Kimia Yousofi tells girls under Taliban's oppression Yousofi pulled out piece of paper at the Olympic Games that read, 'Education, Sport, our right,' and held ...

I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14.Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — To get a sense of the real race Afghanistan's lone woman at the Olympic track meet is running, one only needed to look at the back of her bib. On it, in handwritten ...

Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’ Defiant breaker Manizha Talash says her spot in the Games shows the courage of Afghan girls, that ‘everyone can ...

There is a precedent to ban the Taliban/Afghanistan from the Olympic Games. Back in 1990s, when the Taliban ruled, the IOC completely banned them from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

Kimia Yousofi may have finished last in her OIympic 100-meter heat, but her presence on the track in Paris sent a powerful message on women’s rights.