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Two years after becoming the first Muslim-American woman to win an Olympic medal, the barrier-breaking fencer is opening up about the hostility she experienced from her own team

Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at the 2016 Olympics as the first American to compete in hijab and the first Muslim-American woman to win a medal, but the fencer has delivered a damning insight into a toxic Olympic team culture she describes as “psychological warfare” where she was treated as a “pariah” during the lead-up to the Rio Games.

Muhammad, who won an Olympic bronze medal as part of the United States sabre team in Brazil, alleges that, while a member of the US fencing team, she endured years of bizarre behavior from teammates and staff where she was left off official team sheets, omitted from team emails, ignored by teammates, and not invited to team dinners.

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from US news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Om6hEL