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Evacuated Afghane Athletes Compete in Tokyo

Evacuated Afghane Athletes Compete in Tokyo
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Hossain Rasouli smuggled out of Kabul in a dramatic state of Rasouli had moved for the past week.
First of the interior of Kabul to the city international airport, in the middle of the sea of ​​Taliban commands holding weapons.
Then, fly to Dubai and Paris.
On August 28 (Saturday), Athletes from Afghanistan managed to reach Tokyo on top secret aircraft to compete in ongoing paralympics.
He will run 100m in class T47, but it’s too late for it.
It seems like his paralympic dream ends.
The committee gave him a hopeful shot and offered a shot in Long Jump (class T47).
Rasouli agreed to compete; He practiced only 90 minutes on Monday night before entering a very competitive Jump Jump event with athletes from the United States, China and Russia.
When competing, Rasouli welcomed the National Stadium in Tokyo with a smile and wave.
He posed for a photographer with a thumbs up, pointing to the name and nation in his vowel.
The best leap is 4.46 million (the best) and the last finish in the 13-person competition.
It was more than one meter less than the 12th done athlete, while the winning jump was 7.46 m by Robiel Sol Cervantes.
Jump long is not even the events of Rasouli, it is its participation that has attracted admiration and respecting everyone.
“With everything that happens now, I can’t hold back the pleasure for him,” fellow Long Jumper Roderick Townsend, who won the silver on the show, said.
“We were so stuck in our personal life, and I was here complaining about the silver medal.
And we have someone who walks around the world to be able to do something we all like to do.” American Long Jumper Dallas Wise, who finished fourth, said, “I know he will go through many things now, and I hope he passes everything.” “The main global operation”, as called by Chiefs Chief, revoked Rasouli from Kabul to Tokyo.
“This is a very complex situation, one of the most complexes we have ever been involved,” said Spokesman of the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) Craig Spence.
There are several international institutions involved in Rasouli’s evacuation and team-mate Zakia Khudadadi – who will compete in the Taekwondo competition this weekend – from Kabul.
Especially, IPC and Paralympic GB (UK National Paralympic Committee) are involved together with the active assistance of the Australian military.
The duo was smuggled dramatically.
They were taken to Kabul airport remotely using a shared GPS device, and was asked to use bright scarves so that they could be identified by military forces inside the airport.
They were asked to hide their paper and money in inner wear.
Participation in Paralympics does not stop the feeling of extraordinary sadness.
Rasouli did not want to see further bloodshed.
His left arm was amputated as a result of a mine explosion.
Rasouli and Zakia did not interact with the current media, but news about suicide bombings at Kabul Airport on August 26 did reach them.
They know there are still thousands trapped in the country, waiting to be saved.
They are narrow to make a way out in time.

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