Irish Examiner view: Female athletes taking a stand

 Iranian competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a hijab, disobeying the Islamic Republic’s restrictions for female athletes.

The disappearance of Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi has uncomfortable echoes of other recent cases in which female athletes have suffered unduly because they have taken a stand.

At the Tokyo Olympics last year, Belarus Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was awarded a humanitarian visa from Poland after being threatened with repatriation to Minsk because of her criticism of Olympic team officials.