(Reuters) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) will host the 2022 Afghanistan Women’s Road Championships in Switzerland, it mentioned on Friday after the Taliban backtracked on girls’s rights commitments in the months following their takeover final yr.
The individuals will encompass about 50 Afghan athletes who fled their nation following the risk they confronted as cyclists and located refuge everywhere in the world.
The occasion will be held in Aigle on Oct. 23.
“It is essential for the UCI to commit itself to the members of the world biking household who’re disadvantaged of the liberty to stay their ardour and comply with their desires,” UCI President David Lappartient mentioned.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund and Alizee Degorce in Gdansk; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
