Afghan Paralympians to compete in Tokyo after evacuation
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Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli, who were evacuated last weekend to France, have arrived in Tokyo, says IPC.
Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in the Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on Saturday. Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli were evacuated last weekend to France from the Taliban-controlled country in a “major global operation”, the IPC said. “Zakia and Hossain have continued to express their absolute desire to come and compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games,” the committee’s chief, Andrew Parsons, said in a statement.
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