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Heart and Soul: Ibtihaj Muhammed: A Journey Bigger than Me

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Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad won a bronze medal at the Olympics for the US in 2016.

17/08/2018 GMT

Ibtihaj Muhammed: A Journey Bigger than Me

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Ibtihaj Muhammed: A Journey Bigger than Me

Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first U.S. athlete to wear the hijab at the Olympics.

Faith and fencing with Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first athlete from the United States to compete at the Olympics wearing the hijab.

Ibtihaj Muhammad has had many firsts in her career in fencing. An African American Muslim woman, she was the first athlete from the U.S. to compete at the Olympics. Her team won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics. But at the same time, the U.S. presidential campaign back home was revealing a strong anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim in the very country she was representing. Muhammad tells David McGuire about what drives her fighting spirit, and the place of Islam in her success.

Photo: Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad won a bronze medal at the Olympics for the US in 2016.   Credit: Getty

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