Last week, guestblogger Juliemania told us all about the plight of Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq, who was being denied her Olympic hopes because the Iraqi government had disbanded their Olympic Committee.However, after the International Olympic Committee met with Iraqi officials in Switzerland earlier this week, where Iraq agreed to restore its Olympic Committee, Dana will be allowed, contingent on the restoration, to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Yay!
You can read more about Dana, and another Iraqi Olympic hopeful, and their struggle to train amidst violence, sectarianism, and lack of resources here. Pretty amazing.
[Thanks to Shaker Everstar for passing along the update.]
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