Abdul Baser Wasiqi

Abdul Baser Wasiqi (born 12 July 1975[1]) is an Afghan athlete known for completing the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite suffering an injury before the event.

Wasiqi represented Afghanistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

[3] 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.

Wasiqi reached the stadium and found "workmen [...] preparing the arena for the closing ceremony" and "tarpaulin being laid across the running track".

[6][7] Preparations were suspended long enough for Wasiqi to reach the finish line.