{
  "id": 8662305,
  "title": "Games-From dressing as a man to competing with the elite, no backpedalling for Afghan Hashimi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/games-from-dressing-as-a-man-to-competing-with-the-elite-no",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T09:46:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/games-dressing-man-competing-elite-no-backpedalling-afghan-hashimi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Amlan Chakraborty NAGOYA, Japan, Sept 20 (Reuters) - For someone who had to disguise herself as a man, dodge thrown stones and eventually flee her homeland to pursue cycling, Fariba Hashimi's seventh-place finish in the women's individual time trial at the Asian Games carried profound personal meaning for the 23-year-old Afghan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}