Intentar ORO - Gratis
To the beat Athletes break the mould with new sport
The Guardian
|August 10, 2024
Breaking news. The Olympics' newest summer sport had its gala opening at the pop-up stadium in Place de la Concorde yesterday, where the grand marble statues of the great ladies of France looked down as the DJ dropped the opening notes of Tom Ze's 1972 hit Dor e Dor, and two competitors, India, 18, from the Netherlands, and Talash, 21, from Afghanistan, took to the stage for the very first battle of the breaking competition.
And if you hadn't already guessed that the International Olympic Committee aren't in Kansas anymore, much less Lausanne, there was a clue right there in the opening moments.
Talash, who was born in Kabul but now lives in Madrid, and who was competing for the IOC's refugee team, ripped off her top midway through the opening battle to reveal a brilliant blue cape with "Free Afghan Women" written in bright white letters across the back. The IOC have banned all athletes from making political statements, and watching Talash spin and pirouette in her cape, it was just about possible to imagine the IOC president, Thomas Bach, doing a spit-take as he looked up from his cup of coffee in the VIP suite. Talash didn't make it to the round robin stage, but she had already said and done plenty for her sport in that one viral moment.
Esta historia es de la edición August 10, 2024 de The Guardian.
Suscríbete a Magzter GOLD para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9000 revistas y periódicos.
¿Ya eres suscriptor? Iniciar sesión
MÁS HISTORIAS DE The Guardian
The Guardian
Starmer may be unpopular, but he is far from alone among major European leaders, and the continent's problems run deep Down and out in Paris and London
Down and out in Paris and London
5 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Burnham ‘will push to be next PM’ by autumn
Andy Burnham will push to become prime minister in time to address Labour’s autumn party conference in Liverpool, his supporters have said.
3 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Mandelson vetting files withheld by ministers
A powerful parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing files relating to Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador has revealed that the government is withholding his vetting file despite not having the authority to do so.
3 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Review Moving story of dying and the things left unsaid
As a TV writer-director, John Morton specialises in the sort of English talk that either means nothing at all or something completely different from what was said.
1 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
What's the best novel of all time? Writers, critics and academics agree: it's Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot has been voted the best novel of all time in a Guardian poll of prominent authors, critics and academics.
2 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Trump leaves China without breakthroughs on Iran, Taiwan or AI
Donald Trump left China yesterday after a much-hyped summit of the world’s two superpowers that was rich in pageantry and promises of stability but offered little by way of tangible progress.
3 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Unsettling allegory of human trafficking
English National Opera takes a bold leap, selecting one of the most uncompromising pieces of 21st-century music theatre for the first new opera staged in its northern base.
2 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
Car insurance Drivers of Chinese EVs struggle to get cover
Firms do not offer cover for some models, or charge more than for equivalent petrol cars. Shane Hickey and Jasper Jolly report
3 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
'They should be left alone' Peacocks divide opinion in Italian seaside town
Federico Bruni was on a bench, eating a piadina romagnola flatbread sandwich and minding his own business, when a peacock strutted up in the hope of getting a few crumbs.
2 mins
May 16, 2026
The Guardian
British Gas to pay £112m settlement for prepayment meter scandal
Thousands of British Gas customers who had prepayment meters force-fitted in their homes will between them receive compensation and energy bill debt write-offs worth up to £112m in the biggest energy supplier settlement on record.
2 mins
May 16, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size