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Games-From dressing as a man to competing with the elite, no backpedalling for Afghan Hashimi

By Amlan Chakraborty

NAGOYA, Japan, Sept 20 (Reuters) – For someone who had to disguise herself as a man, dodge thrown stones and eventually flee her homeland to pursue cycling, Fariba Hashimi’s seventh-place finish in the women’s individual time trial at the Asian Games carried profound personal meaning for the 23-year-old Afghan.

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