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"When I was a baby, my family fled violence in Afghanistan. I learned judo for self-defence, and now I'm competing in the Olympics"
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“When I was a baby, my family fled violence in Afghanistan. I learned judo for self-defence, and now I’m competing in the Olympics”

Nigara Shaheen was harassed for training with men and fighting without a headscarf, but she never gave up on her sport
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