Another Rakia link came out as I watched the Olympics last night. This time. the name of a woman called Rakia.Her full name is Rakia al-Gassra and she was born on September 6th 1982 she is currently a Bahraini athlete and competing in the Olympic Games in Beijing.
A quick run down of her history to give the the full picture:
In 2004 a the Asian Indoor Championships in Iran, she won three silver medals, in the 60 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre races, She also represented Bahrain in the 400 metre event at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest.
She was one of the first women to represent Bahrain at the Olympic Games, by taking part in the women's 100 metres sprint at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She ran with a head scarf and her body fully covered and finished fifth in her heat with a time of 11.49 seconds.
By 2006, she had improved her time to 11.34 seconds and won the gold medal in the 200 metre race at the Asian Games, in Doha. This made her the first Bahraini-born athlete to win gold at a major international athletics competition extending beyond the Arab world. She also also won bronze in the 100 metre race.
In 2007, she was scheduled to take part in the Pan Arab Games in Egypt, the Asian Championships in Lebanon and the IAAF World Championships in Osaka but she pulled out of the latter championships due to injury.
In 2008, al-Gassra won gold in the 60 metre race at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha, setting a new championships record with a time of 7.40 seconds.
Currently she is to compete in the 100 metre and 200 metre events at the Olympics in Beijing and will be her country's flag bearer at the Games' opening ceremony.All Rakia lovers will I'm sure wish Rakia luck with a few 'Nastraveys!' if she wins a medal.
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