JasmineK knows it's not about the burka.

She's not from the USA, my home country.

She didn't set a world record. In fact, her 100m sprint time probably wouldn't have won a high school state championship.

And she didn't win a gold medal, or any medal for that matter. She came in 62nd out of 63 entrants in the preliminaries.

So why is 18-year-old Robina Muqimyar of Afghanistan my favorite Olympian?

Because when she ran that 100 meters on Friday, Muqimyar wasn't running for personal victory, but for the victory of oppressed Muslim women all over the world.
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Not voted yet? Find out what the candidates had to say!

Here is the transcript for the Senate Debate that was held on Saturday, September 4 in the Greek Theater! Read up and vote soon -- the "polls" will close this Saturday!

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