Afghanistan's wheelchair basketballers shoot to win
This photo taken on March 7, 2018 shows a member of Afghanistan's women's wheelchair basketball team dribbling the ball during the qualifying tournament for the Asia Para Games in Bangkok. PHOTO | LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA |
An explosion tore through Nilofar Bayat's leg when she was just two, but as she spins her wheelchair across a basketball court in Bangkok, the Afghan sportswoman is determined to turn her story from tragedy to triumph.
The 23-year-old captain of the Afghan women's wheelchair basketball team is in Thailand this week in a bid to qualify for the Asian Para Games for the first time.
"This is a big job. When I come, I represent Afghanistan in other countries. I want to show that Afghanistan is not just Taliban," said Bayat, who lost her brother in the same attack that resulted in the loss of her leg.
BANGKOK
An explosion tore through Nilofar Bayat's leg when she was just two, but as she spins her wheelchair across a basketball court in Bangkok, the Afghan sportswoman is determined to turn her story from tragedy to triumph.
