Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States adjusts her hijab prior to competing with Olena Kravatska of Ukraine in the women’s individual saber fencing event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, August 8, 2016. Photo: AP
RIO DE JANEIRO: The third day of Olympic competition featured a couple of notable firsts: Rafaela Silva captured host Brazil’s initial gold medal of the Rio Games and fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad became the only American ever to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.
American Lilly King won a trash-talking duel with Russian Yulia Efimova for the gold medal in the …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
