 fearing for their future, the sisters used their contacts in the cycling community to flee the country. Fariba told me how much going to Paris 2024 will mean to them in the light of their country's recent troubled history. When you go to Olympics, would you be thinking about Afghan women? Of course, always I'm thinking about Afghan women. The situation is now it's so different in Afghanistan and everything is closed for the women. I hope they open everything for the women.