She fled Afghanistan after the Taliban abducted her father. Now in Paris, Talash has found her voice on the world’s biggest stage.
An Afghan breaker who starred in the Olympics’ first-ever dance battle has also become the first athlete of the games to stage a political protest, after she ripped off her over-shirt during her performance to reveal a cape bearing the words, “Free Afghan Women”.
The International Olympic Committee forbids political points to be made on the field of play or at ceremonies. Since Tokyo it has allowed athletes to express themselves to journalists and through social media, but only if it’s not targeted at people or countries and is not disruptive. Manizha Talash, known as Talash, wears a cape which reads ‘Free Afghan Women’ as she competes in Paris.Talash grew up in Afghanistan and joined a breaking collective in Kabul when she was 17, and saw a video of a man dancing on his head. Her relatives didn’t approve. “Everyone was judging me… my relatives were saying words behind my back and complained to my mother,” she told an earlier interview with the BBC.In 2020, a car bomb exploded near the dance club.
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