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Gaza's first Olympic athlete
Sanaa Abu Bkheet is an 800m runner who became the first athlete from the Gaza Strip to represent Palestine at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She was also the first woman to lead the Palestinian delegation at the Games. Sanaa still lives in the Gaza Strip, where she spoke to Witness about her long and difficult journey to the biggest sporting stage in the world.
Photo: Sanaa Abu Bkheet at home in Gaza City (成人快手 2018)
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