Somalia's First Female Taekwondo Athlete to Compete in Tokyo

[angelplan]

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games in Japan.

No athlete representing Somalia has ever a won a medal at the Olympics, but 20-year-old Munirah Warsame is working hard to be the first when she competes at the summer games.

The taekwondo athlete was born in Britain after her parents fled violence in Somalia.

Warsame says flying the flag of her home country in Japan will be a proud moment.

"Feelings of representing my country in the Olympics for the first time is unreal as I have dreamed about this my whole life since literally the age of six when I first started Taekwondo. And also it is such an exciting experience; I foresaw it representing my home country for my first at the Olympics and, inshallah (God willing), I will do myself and my country proud," Warsame said.

According to the Somali Olympics committee, at least six athletes will represent the country in Tokyo in three categories: taekwondo, boxing, and track and field.

Taekwondo coach Dudley Ricardo says his team is very well prepared despite its financial challenges.

"The potential of the Somali national team is looking quite bright and promising. I believe we have a small but strong current team with up-and-coming young team members and we will be able to see much more results in future competitions. The only restraints we have is funding to allow the athletes' valuable ring time and more competitions and training camps,” Ricardo said.

Taekwondo is not a well-known sport in Somalia. But Ahmed Issa, the vice president of the Somali Taekwondo Federation says it is conducting and outreach and awareness campaign in the country to find more capable athletes like Warsame who could represent Somalia in international competitions.

"[The] Somali taekwondo federation is planning to recruit more youth to take the sport especially in universities, colleges, and schools. We try to do our free training sessions and hire special coaches from the international level so people are really interested to be part of [the] taekwondo sport," Issa said.

More than 11,000 athletes from around the world are expected to participate in the Tokyo games, which were rescheduled from last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

[digaagjecel]

Somali girls up 1-0 on the boys, they just been out doing us lately.

 

[Grigori Rasputin]

Somalia's First Female Taekwondo Athlete to Compete in Tokyo

With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games in Japan.

hiiraan.com

Back in 2006, the idiot head of Somalia Olympic committee started soliciting the Olympic officials to fund the “athletes” to represent the defunct nation of Somalia. Of course he pocketed the money and had his niece “learn” to run . He then had her in the Olympics where she finished 2 minutes after everyone crossed the line in a freaking sprint
At the tracks she realized she forgot he running shoes One of the generous athletes gave her hers. That’s how prepared she was to compete with these athletes.

 

[celidheere]

Somali girls up 1-0 on the boys, they just been out doing us lately.

Nah we got Mo Farah

 

[digaagjecel]

Nah we got Mo Farah

Mo Farrah was in 2012, lately they lady’s have been doing it big.

 

[King Khufu]

Congrats to Munirah Warsame.
Keep strong little champ!!!
Win it and stay proud Munirah.

 

[Giftxo]

Somalia's First Female Taekwondo Athlete to Compete in Tokyo

With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games in Japan.

hiiraan.com

Back in 2006, the idiot head of Somalia Olympic committee started soliciting the Olympic officials to fund the “athletes” to represent the defunct nation of Somalia. Of course he pocketed the money and had his niece “learn” to run . He then had her in the Olympics where she finished 2 minutes after everyone crossed the line in a freaking sprint
At the tracks she realized she forgot he running shoes One of the generous athletes gave her hers. That’s how prepared she was to compete with these athletes.

I don’t wanna be that person but she died shortly after so we should just let it go

 

[Giftxo]

omg fr? how did she die?

The story of Samia Omar, the Olympic runner who drowned in the Med

As the Somali team prepares for Rio, the memory of this 21-year-old – who died trying to find safety and coaching in Europe – looms large

www.theguardian.com

 

[Never Broke Again]

The story of Samia Omar, the Olympic runner who drowned in the Med

As the Somali team prepares for Rio, the memory of this 21-year-old – who died trying to find safety and coaching in Europe – looms large

www.theguardian.com

f*ck al Shabab may they all die, f*ck Saudi Arabia too with their radical ideology trying to change Islam.

 

[Character]

The story of Samia Omar, the Olympic runner who drowned in the Med

As the Somali team prepares for Rio, the memory of this 21-year-old – who died trying to find safety and coaching in Europe – looms large

www.theguardian.com

but seeing just how hard she was running, the crowd rose to give Omar the loudest cheer of anyone in the heat.

 

[Xaruun]

Somalia's First Female Taekwondo Athlete to Compete in Tokyo

With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female taekwondo athlete to the games in Japan.

hiiraan.com

Back in 2006, the idiot head of Somalia Olympic committee started soliciting the Olympic officials to fund the “athletes” to represent the defunct nation of Somalia. Of course he pocketed the money and had his niece “learn” to run . He then had her in the Olympics where she finished 2 minutes after everyone crossed the line in a freaking sprint
At the tracks she realized she forgot he running shoes One of the generous athletes gave her hers. That’s how prepared she was to compete with these athletes.

Why do we always have to be the laughing stock

 

[Hotchick12]

Good only the qurbaha should represent us, we can’t have the locals embarrassing us by trying to claim refugee status after landing in European soil