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Afghan Cycling Champ to Join Israel’s Cycling Team » Zakia Mohammadhi (front) coaches a team in Afghanistan
Zakia Mohammadhi (front) coaches a team in Afghanistan. (AP/Paula Bronstein)
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Date Taken: 24-May-2017 04:04:57Copyright: 2017 Paula Bronstein
Credit: Paula Bronstein for ESPN
Title: AFGHANISTAN - A WOMAN'S CHOICE: THE FREEDOM TO RIDE
Caption: BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN: The women's biking team rides during a 6am early morning practice outside of Bamiyan. Zakia Mohammadhi ( front) organizes and coaches the team who ride daily either early morning and after school and work in the late afternoon. One of the safest and most beautiful places in Afghanistan is Bamiyan, home to the Buddhas of Bamiyan (4-5th century) destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. The Bamiyan women cycling team, around 12 members, is the first official team outside of Kabul. The girls did this on their own with no male support, it was girls teaching girls to ride, girls registering the team with the sports federation in Kabul, and girls organizing the first ever girls bike race in Afghanistan, and right to ride bike rides through Bamiyan with the male bike team supporting them along with the community. Zakia Mohammadhi organizes and coaches the team who ride daily either early morning and after school and work in the late afternoon. She also works closely with the Afghan Cycling Federation and the men's team in Kabul. Given the safe environment in this part of the country it allows the women the freedom to ride without the security threat that is the unfortunate reality in Kabul. The girls frequently ride in the mountains around Bamiyan, it is visually stunning, a very different scene from congested Kabul where the women are worried about angry men throwing rocks at them.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Focal Length: 24mm
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/800 second