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HISTORICAL FACTS: Manizha talash - The Untold Story

‘What’s more important, my dream or the women of Afghanistan?’: breakdancer Manizha Talash on her Olympic protest

The refugee who made headlines at the Games has no regrets about the act that led to her disqualification

The Guardian - UK

An Aussie's audacity to dance badly

Was Raygun's originality just terrible, heroic or an act of cultural appropriation?

Salon

Cringy moves and a white b-girl's durag prompt questions about Olympic breaking's authenticity

From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking’s Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers about whether the essence of the hip-hop art form was captured at the Paris Games

The Independent UK

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Refugee breakdancer disqualified for displaying words ‘Free Afghan Women’ on cape

Olympics reiterated ‘no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites’

The Independent UK

With protests, talent, and ridicule Breaking’s Olympic debut points toward an uncertain future

Japan’s Ami Yuasa became the first ever Breaking Olympic champion while Refugee Olympic Team’s Manizha Talash made a political statement unveiling a message that read: ‘Free Afghan Women’

The Independent UK

Breaking delivers a mixed bag as it makes Olympic debut

Breaking has made its first - and likely last - Olympic appearance with Australia's entry Rachael Gunn no match for her international rivals.

AAP

Olympic breaking is underway, with b-girl India winning the first battle in Games history

B-girl India from the Netherlands beat refugee team member b-girl Talash in the first ever breaking battle at the Olympics, kicking off the women’s competition as breaking — or break dancing — debuted at the Paris Games

The Independent UK

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It's all about style and individuality as the world's best breakers take the Olympic stage

The breaking, or breakdancing, competition begins Friday at the Paris Games with the b-girls battling each other in the dance form's Olympic debut

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s first female Olympic breakdancer: ‘I want my big dream’

Defiant Afghan refugee Manizha Talash fled the Taliban for her chance to dance on the world stage.

Al Jazeera

From war zone to dance floor! Afghan B-girl competes at Paris Olympics after fleeing Taliban

NEW DELHI: Manizha Talash, a 21-year-old Afghan break-dancer, embodies the spirit of human resilience that the Olympics celebrate. In 2021, she fled Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover, crossing the border into Pakistan before finding refuge in Spain the following year.

The Times of India

They fled from their home countries. Now, they'll compete in Paris for the Refugee Olympic Team

They compete under the same flag but speak different languages and come from different parts of the world

The Independent UK

First Thing: Supreme court hands big win to Trump in immunity ruling

Joe Biden denounced the 6-3 ruling, saying it ‘undermined the rule of law’ and was a ‘terrible disservice to the people of this nation.’ Plus: proposed protections for workers in extreme heat

The Guardian - UK

In a class of their own: three Olympic sportswomen talk about overcoming war, hardship and the Taliban

In advance of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, we speak to women who have faced conflict, discrimination and a lack of funding to stand as their countries’ only female qualifiers in their chosen fields

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