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Sportshour: An Afghan athletes story: Fleeing the Taliban and life in Eastern Europe

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19/02/2022 GMT

An Afghan athletes story: Fleeing the Taliban and life in Eastern Europe

BBC World Service - Sportshour, An Afghan athletes story: Fleeing the Taliban and life in Eastern Europe

We speak to a female athlete, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban retook control of her country. She managed to leave on a flight with the help of paperwork, which she thought would lead to her starting a new life in Canada. That hasn’t proved to be the case and she’s currently living with other evacuees in eastern Europe. She tells us she believes she would have been killed if found by the Taliban and about her fear for her family still living in Afghanistan.

Henry Cabelus explains what the sport of extreme pogo involves ahead of him performing at the NBA All-Star weekend. Cabelus, who holds a number of world records – including the most consecutive back-flips in a row – tells us he hopes his sport will be included in the X Games in the future.

Olivia and Chandler McDaniel discuss their new found fame after they helped the Philippines reach next year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup. They have been stopped for selfies in the supermarket and been to meet boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. Olivia was the star performer in their penalty shoot-out victory over Taiwan at the Asian Cup that qualified them for next year’s World Cup. She saved two spot kicks and then scored a penalty herself and the sisters reflect on that dramatic shoot-out.

Katie Smith brings us the latest from the Winter Olympics, Ade Adedoyin looks ahead to the fight between Amir Khan and Kell Brook and John Southall is at the London Stadium ahead of West Ham United’s game against Newcastle United in the Premier League.

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