Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

A Tokyo 2020 volunteer symbolically carried the Afghan flag during the Games opening ceremony, with no athletes on the ground to take part

Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

After a dramatic evacuation from Taliban-held Kabul and a secret operation to fly him to Tokyo, Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli beat the odds on Tuesday to compete in the long

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Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

A Tokyo 2020 volunteer symbolically carried the Afghan flag during the Games opening ceremony, with no athletes on the ground to take part

Afghan Paralympian beats the odds to compete in Tokyo

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