From dressing as a man to competing with the elite, no backpedalling for Afghan cyclist Hashimi ↧ ↧ From dressing as a man to competing with the elite, no backpedallin... For someone who had to disguise herself as a man, dodge thrown stones and eventually flee her homeland to pursue cycling, Fariba Hashimi's ​seventh-place finish in the women's individual time trial at the Asian Games ‌carried profound personal meaning for the 23-year-old Afghan.