“She is somewhere in her mid 50s, blind in one eye and has a throwing arm that was broken in 1990 and never set properly. On top of that, her best javelin throw is well short of the current records. Despite all that, she is training in the javelin throw five days a week and hopes to carry the Iraqi flag again in an international competition.”
Iraqi javelin specialist Hamdiya Ahmed al-Sammak wasn’t chosen to represent her country for the Athens Olympic Games. But it doesn’t seem to deter her. Denied the chance to compete for almost twenty-five years, she is making up for lost time.
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