{"id":3597,"date":"2024-08-10T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2024-08-10T19:34:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T19:34:32","slug":"report-refugee-team-breakdancer-manizha-talash-kicked-out-of-the-olympics-because-of-what-she-wore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3597","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Refugee Team Breakdancer Manizha Talash Kicked Out Of The Olympics Because Of What She Wore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic breakdancing is a thing now, debuting at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Friday. But it didn\u2019t take long for controversy to pop up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"mai-ad-video mai-connatix\" data-al=\"content\" data-unit=\"tpsplayer\" data-content-name=\"mai-ad-content-tpsplayer\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div id=\"cnx-outside\">\n<p>Ami Yuasa of Japan would win the first-ever breakdancing gold medal at the Olympics, while Manizha Talash found herself disqualified.<\/p>\n<p>Talash, who fled from Afghanistan, was competing for the Refugee Olympic Team when she was kicked out for taking her shirt off to display a cape featuring the words\u00a0<em>\u201cFree Afghan Women\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on the back.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free Afghan Women \u270a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#breaking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hjbQHFhpCk\">pic.twitter.com\/hjbQHFhpCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thibaut Buccellato (@Thibuch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thibuch\/status\/1821916454771400711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/breaking-paris-olympics-afghan-refugee-dsiqualified-ecc788eccf769f145c01a14cf5fc6d98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0reports that the World DanceSport Federation removed her from the games for\u00a0<em>\u201cdisplaying a political slogan on her attire during the Pre-Qualifier battle.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container pw-hide-in-content-out-of-view\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw-ad-container-logo\">\n<p>Talash would have been eliminated from the competition in any case, having lost to Holland\u2019s India Sardjoe in the first round. But she ended up getting booted from the tournament as the Olympics prohibit political, religious, and racial messaging.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe mission of the Olympic Games to bring the entire world together can facilitate the understanding of different views, but this can be accomplished only if everybody respects this diversity,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>the International Olympic Committee\u2019s charter reads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><em>\u201cIt is a fundamental principle that sport is neutral and must be separate from political, religious or any other type of interference.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-manizha-talash-previously-explained-why-she-fled-afghanistan\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manizha Talash Previously Explained Why She Fled Afghanistan<\/h2>\n<p>Manizha Talash joined the refugee team because she fled Afghanistan, though she claims her decision wasn\u2019t influenced by the living conditions.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI didn\u2019t leave Afghanistan because I\u2019m afraid of the Taliban or because I can\u2019t live in Afghanistan,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>she said, per CNN.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI left because I want to do what I can for the girls in Afghanistan, for my life, my future, for everyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sometimes breaking the rules is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Manizha Talash <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#paris2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IDEab3dmXl\">pic.twitter.com\/IDEab3dmXl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanny Rudravajhala (@Sanny_Rudra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sanny_Rudra\/status\/1821941681635090752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old views competing in the Olympics as a show of strength and is perhaps pleased enough to have gotten her message across despite the consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic breakdancing is a thing now, debuting at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Friday. But it didn\u2019t take long for controversy to pop up. 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