Women’s weightlifting: a long journey from naked weigh-ins to hijab-wearing heroine who inspired Iran

Brian Oliver ©ITG On the first weekend of February, women and girls will compete in an official weightlifting competition in Iran for the first time, bringing down one of the remaining barriers to global gender equality in a sport that had the words “for men only” in its rule book for nearly 90 years. A […]

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