‘My life was in danger’ - Flagbearer and taekwondo athlete Farzad Mansouri details why he had to flee Afghanistan
Farzad Mansouri was the flagbearer for Afghanistan at the Tokyo Olympics but weeks later he would have to flee the country in fear of his life after the Taliban re-took control of the country. The 20-year-old told The Power of Sport that the Taliban's return to power put his taekwondo career on hold, and, given his Tajik ethnicity and his father’s work for the government, he decided to leave the country. Ad/> “To be able to go to the Olympics and to be my country’s flagbearer was an incredible feeling.
