Why do Middle Eastern countries fail at the Olympic Games? A lack of female athletes (Guest column)
By Danyel Reiche
Middle Eastern countries are among the least successful nations at the Olympics. Four years ago at the Summer Olympic Games in London, only 2 Middle Eastern countries made it into the top 50 of the final medal ranking: Iran won 12 medals and was ranked 17th and Turkey won five in position 32. Egypt, a country that has been participating …