Manizha Talash is one of 36 athletes on the Refugee Olympic Team for Paris, one of two women on the team originally from Afghanistan and the lone athlete on the team who competes in the new Olympic ...

Refugee athlete Manizha Talash was disqualified from the 2024 Paris Olympics for displaying a slogan that was considered political in nature. Breaking, also known as break dancing, made its Olympic ...

PARIS — Manizha Talash, perhaps the unlikeliest 2024 Olympian, skipped onstage at the inaugural Olympic breaking (breakdancing) competition with a defiant message that ran afoul of rules restricting ...

Refugee athlete Manizha Talash was disqualified from the B-Girl breaking competition at the Olympics for wearing a cape with the words “Free Afghan Women” during her breaking battle on Friday. The ...

When Manizha Talash finds the beat, something grabs hold of her. Her arms sway, and her legs start to bounce. The ensuing flurry of footwork and acrobatic whirling, driven by the music, transports ...

Then 18, Talash crossed the border into Pakistan after Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 before settling in Spain as a refugee the following year. The International Olympics Committee changed ...

An Olympic refugee team breakdancer used the first breaking battle in Olympic history to deliver a message to her home country. Manizha Talash, who was born in Afghanistan before fleeing the country ...

The Olympics is all about the triumph of human resilience and Afghan break-dancer Manizha Talash embodies this spirit. It's been three years since she fled the Taliban and is now all set to perform ...

B-Girl Manizha Talash made her debut at the first-ever Olympics breakdancing competition. The 21-year-old is part of the IOC Refugee Team, which represents more than 100 million forcibly displaced ...

In this photo taken on June 12, 2021, breakdancer Manizha Talash poses for a picture in Kabul. - The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their ...