I was reading an article the other day about a girl from Saudi who won a bronze medal in the youth olympic games. It was a very interesting article because Saudi does not allow women to represent them in the Olympics, and they are one of only three nations that have still yet to send a woman to the olympics. This young woman went to the youth olympic games herself, and took her horse because she competed in a show jumping competition. She had to manage and pay for this by herself because the country of Saudi would not support her. She ended up getting the bronze medal which stirred up the liberals in Saudi who believe that women deserve more rights. Especially in places like Saudi where right now young women are not allowed to participate in any physical activity at all at public schools let alone play sports. I think this is terrible because I think physical activity is a very important and healthy aspect of life and I hope that people in Saudi can realize that and allow women some more freedoms. The article brought up banning Saudi's men from competing in the olympic games until they allow their women to compete. I think thats a very interesting proposal but I feel like that would stir up something that the IOC really doesn't want to deal with even though it may be the right thing to do.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/sports/18SAUDISPORTS.html?pagewanted=all

Casey Feickert

Kin 338I sect. 01