Iranian sprinter F. Farzaneh was born in the city of Isfahan in 1993. She competed in over ten events at the outdoor and indoor Asian Athletics Championships on behalf of her country.
In the indoor 60-meter dash, Fasihi holds the Iranian record of 7.25 seconds.
With her first taste of international competition coming in the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha.
F. Farzaneh placed fifth in the 60-meter dash and second in the 4×400-meter relay, winning a silver medal in both events.
Woman Sprinter F. Farzaneh to Represent Iran at Tokyo 2020
Using the Universality places qualification procedure, which permits one male and one female participant from a country to participate in the Olympics.
Fasihi will be able to compete in the Games, according to Iran’s deputy Chef de Mission Peyman Fakhri.
There will be 66 Iranian athletes competing in Tokyo 2020 thanks to her, as Fakhri proudly announced.
In the women’s 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, Fasihi will compete for Iran.
Her time of 7.25 seconds in the 60-meter indoor sprint is an Iranian record.
Iran’s Sexist Sports Federations Couldn’t Stop F. Farzaneh
Olympic sprinter F. Farzaneh of Iran competed in Tokyo without the backing of the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian government’s sports ministry, federation, and Olympic committee all ignored her.
Nonetheless, she made headlines when she became the first female Iranian runner to enter the Olympics in 57 years.
She covered her hair and shoulders with the hijab because doing so is compulsory in Iran.
Unfortunately, Iranians weren’t able to watch her compete on national television because her opponents didn’t wear hijabs.
In the 1964 Olympics, Simin Safamehr made history as the first Iranian woman to compete in the 100-meter dash. The games were held in Tokyo.
Blocked From Competing — But Making History Anyway
The sports federation did not back Fasihi’s attempt to qualify for the 2022 Asian Games.
Despite the fact that she had already won two medals in Asian tournaments and ten medals at the provincial and national levels.
Her spouse has encouraged her to keep training, and she has entered international tournaments without the backing of any governing athletic organisations.
But the Iranian athletics organisation became concerned when they learned Fasihi intended to participate internationally, and the Iranian ministry of sports soon joined in the concern.
If she wanted to compete without the hijab in a place other than Iran, that is. There then ensued heated online discussions regarding whether or not women’s athletes should be allowed to wear hijabs.
And whether or not they were limiting. But Fasihi didn’t remove her hijab before the competition.
Conclusion
Fasihi qualified via the universality quota, according to Peiman Fakhri, the deputy leader of Iran’s Olympic caravan.
One male and one female athlete from each country are eligible to compete in the Olympics thanks to the universality quota.
Nine Iranian women athletes have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics thanks to Fasihi’s universality quota.
Fakhri claimed 66 Iranian athletes have qualified for the 2021 Olympics with the announcement of Mehdi Pir-qualification. Jahan’s
The Olympic Games, along with many other sporting events and social gatherings, were rescheduled.
Because of the deadly coronavirus that has killed over four million people throughout the world since its outbreak in December 2019.
