Pakistan’s only female Olympic track athlete has humble ambitions

The only woman in Pakistan’s Olympic track and field team for Athens has ruled out targeting a medal and has instead set herself the humble ambition of not finishing last.

“I know the star-studded line-up in the 1,500 meters leaves me nowhere in the medal race but for me the main thing is that I don’t come last,” Sumera Zahoor said.

Pakistan’s 45-member contingent for the Athens Games beginning next week includes two female athletes with 16-year-old Rubab Reza set to become the country’s first female swimmer…