The 400m hurdles for women was introduced to the Olympicprogrammein 1984. In the final, Nawal El Moutawakel ran the raceof her life,leading from start to finish and improving herpersonal best by 0.76seconds. She was the first woman from anIslamic nation to win anOlympic medal and the first Moroccanathlete of either sex to win agold medal. Back in her hometown ofCasablanca, her final wastelevised live at 2 a.m. When she crossedthe finish line in firstplace and took her vic

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tory lap carrying ahuge Moroccan flag, peoplein Casablanca poured into the streets tocelebrate. In 1998, ElMoutawakel was chosen to be a mr of theInternational OlympicCommittee.

　　1984年，女子400米栏首次进入奥运会比赛。在决赛中，纳瓦尔·艾尔·穆塔瓦基尔完成了她人生中最重要的一跑，从起跑到终点一路领先，并将个人最好成绩提高了0.76秒。她是第一个获得奥运会奖牌的来自伊斯兰国家的女运动员，也是摩洛哥第一个获得奥运金牌的选手。而在她的家乡卡萨布兰卡，电视直播她的决赛时间是凌晨2点。当她第一个冲过终点线，举着摩洛哥国旗绕场一周庆祝胜利的时候，卡萨布兰卡市民冲上街头共同庆祝。1998年，艾尔·穆塔瓦基尔被选为国际奥委会委员。

　　作者：南山

　　（来源：中国体育报）