Marjan Kalhor knows she has no chance of winning a gold medal in next week’s women’s slalom but before she even steps out of the gate she has already claimed a first place.
As the first Iranian woman to enter an Olympic ski event, the 21-year-old finds herself a role model for a generation of female skiers in her homeland, and it is a position she is proud to occupy.
“I will be very, very happy when I am there (at the start gate) and one of my targets is to tell Muslim women that there is no limitation for them, even with hijab they can do whatever they want and they can get here like me,” she told Reuters in an interview.
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