Abdul Baser Wasiqi (born 12 July 1975) is an

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athlete known for completing the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite suffering an injury before the event. Wasiqi represented Afghanistan at the

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. He injured his hamstring before the marathon, but took part nonetheless. He completed the race despite his injury, limping the whole way, with a time of 4:24:17, much slower than his personal best of two hours and thirty-three minutes."Taleban hope to get ban revoked"
Reuters, August 17, 2000 He finished 111th and last, nearly an hour and a half behind the second-slowest competitor. Wasiqi reached the stadium and found "workmen ..preparing the arena for the closing ceremony" and "tarpaulin being laid across the running track"."Sibson could tell Sunderland about hidings to nothing"
''The Guardian'', January 6, 2006 Preparations were suspended long enough for Wasiqi to reach the finish line. Wasiqi was the only Afghan competitor at the 1996 Games as light-middleweight boxer Mohammad Jawid Aman who was the flag-bearer for Afghanistan during the Olympic opening ceremony, was disqualified after arriving late for the weigh in at the Games.

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1975 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Afghanistan Afghan male long-distance runners {{Afghanistan-athletics-bio-stub