AL GHASARA Ruqaya wins 200m Asian Games (Doha, Qatar, 2006) GOLD Medal wearing Hijab

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AL GHASARA Ruqaya wins 200m GOLD wearing Hijab @ Asian Games, Doha 2006

Medals Tally (Asian Games, Doha, 2006)

Can Hijab be an hurdle in reaching the top level performance? Islam only makes life easier, for all human beings.

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Now watch and ponder why this 11 year old Muslim Girl is thrown out of soccer tournament for wearing hijab?

	Name	AL GHASARA Ruqaya
	Country	Kingdom of Bahrain
	Date of Birth	06 SEP 1982	Gender	Female
	Height	170cm	Weight	65kg
	Discipline	Athletics
	Residence	BAHRAIN

Women Athletics AL GHASARA Ruqaya

Date	Time	Event	Phase	Results
Date	Time	Event	Phase	Rank	Result	Record
08 DEC 2006	17:00	Women's 100m	1st Round Heat 1/3	2	11.40
09 DEC 2006	18:15	Women's 100m	Final	3	11.40
10 DEC 2006	09:34	Women's 200m	1st Round Heat 3/3	1	23.42
11 DEC 2006	16:10	Women's 200m	Final	1	23.19

Asian Games Medals: Country-wise Tally since 9th Asiad (Delhi, 1982) ... Excel Sheet

Read News coverage of the hijabi woman winning the gold:

http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=a39bedd6-e0da-47c7-9ef4-7e24a24d0bcc&k=72455

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/11/sports/ME_SPT_ATH_Asian_Games_Athletics.php

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A3E2CB0F-A9CA-4327-A07B-4675C98E13C7.htm