Paralympics: Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes arrived in Tokyo.© AFP
Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes have arrived in Tokyo and can compete on the Video games, the Worldwide Paralympic Committee mentioned Saturday. “The Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had been warmly welcomed to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Village,” the IPC mentioned in an announcement. With the swift fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the pair had been among the many tens of hundreds trapped and unable to depart the nation. However they had been evacuated final weekend and have been in Paris at a French sports activities ministry coaching centre, the IPC mentioned.
“Over the past 12 days, Zakia and Hossain have continued to precise their absolute want to come back and compete on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Video games,” mentioned IPC chief Andrew Parsons.
Earlier this week, the IPC had mentioned that Khudadadi and Rasouli had safely left Afghanistan however wouldn’t be competing on the Video games, as the main target was on their well-being.
On the opening ceremony on Tuesday, the Afghan flag had featured in a symbolic style, carried by a volunteer.
“We at all times knew there was a distant probability each athletes might take part at Tokyo 2020 which is why the Afghan flag was paraded at Tuesday’s Opening Ceremony,” Parsons mentioned.
“Our primary precedence has and at all times would be the well being and well-being of each athletes,” he added.
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Khudadadi will compete within the girls’s taekwondo K44 -49kg class, which is scheduled for September 2.
And Rasouli will run within the males’s 400m T47 athletics occasion on September 3, the IPC mentioned.
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