Iraqi women weightlifters set sights on medals at the Asian Championship
Iraq’s first female team of weightlifters are traveling to the Asian Championship in Qatar next month. Photos taken by Mohammed Ameen of Reuters, features several of the women from the team as the practice in Sadr City, a shi’ite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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- An Iraqi weightlifter loads a barbell with weights during a training session at a gym in the shi’ite slum of Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. In Sadr City, a shi’ite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, eight women from Iraq’s first female weightlifting team train hard to bring back medals for their country.(Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in shi’ite slum of Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter drops a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter shouts as she lifts a loaded barbell during training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- Iraqi weightlifters prepare for a training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. The team of female weightlifters are set to represent Iraq in the Asian Championship in Qatar next month. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter drops a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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- An Iraqi weightlifter lifts a loaded barbell during a training session at a gym in shi’ite slum of Sadr city in Baghdad, April 28, 2013. (Mohammed Ameen/Reuters)
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