伊朗女孩跑酷

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身穿黑色長袍，頭裹各式頭巾的女孩子跑、跳、跨越、翻飛，做著跑酷的各種高難度動作——這是在德黑蘭一個公園里的一幕。這些伊朗女孩子不僅業余堅持訓練，而且還立志參加比賽呢。親，難道你不覺得這是跑酷運動中一道最酷的風景線嗎？

Parkour—A Truly Cool Sport for Iranian Girls

In this park in northern Tehran， a dozen girls meet every week. They stretch and warm up before the jumping starts. These women are part of Iran’s parkour movement. In conservative Iran， where women’s sports are usually practiced indoors， the group is a 1）novelty.

Parkour Instructor： （via translator） We don’t care what others say about us. Sometimes， when we’re exercising， they criticise us by saying that this sport is not for girls. Girls are supposed to knit or sew. They can’t imagine that a girl can exercise just like a boy.

Popular in the West， parkour is an urban sport that involves running， jumping and climbing over obstacles with 2）acrobatic body movements. That is no easy 3）feat in a country which 4）obliges women to wear loose clothing and cover their hair with a scarf. Despite the constraints， the girls are determined to do it and rise above gender stereotypes.

Girl： （via translator） For many people， parkour is only for men， and they believe no woman can do it， especially free running. But our girls are proof that they can do it like boys， and sometimes they’re even better.

The dedicated train three times a week， and each move is practiced to perfection. Here the gym is well-equipped to cushion their falls. The number of girls attending the parkour course increases every day， and there are now nearly 300 women training in this gym.

Parkour Instructor： （via translator） We used to train in a park， and after a while we were given this room. The aim was for us to learn from others and also to teach them so we could all progress. Then this course was formed. At first the number was limited， but little by little， it grew. During summer， or the days when there are more students， this room is filled with girls.

For these girls， their dream would be to practise their sport competitively on a national level.

在德黑蘭北部的這個公園里，十幾個女孩子每周都會在此會面。她們伸展身體，做熱身運動，然后開始跳躍。這些女孩是伊朗跑酷運動的一部分。在保守的伊朗，婦女參加的體育活動通常都是在室內進行的，所以這一群女性的出現可以說是新鮮事物。

跑酷教練：（通過翻譯）別人說些什么，我們并不在乎。有時我們在練習的時候，他們會批評我們，說這項運動不適合女孩子，女孩子應該做些編織或者縫紉之類的事情。他們無法想象女孩子也能像男孩子那樣運動。

跑酷是一項城市運動，它通過各種雜技般的身體動作，進行跑、跳和翻越障礙等活動，它在西方很受歡迎。但在伊朗，由于女性必須穿著寬松的衣服，還要用頭巾把頭發包起來，因此，這項運動對她們來說并不是一件容易的事。但盡管有各種限制，這些女孩還是鐵了心要參加跑酷，擺脫性別歧視的桎梏。

女青年：（通過翻譯）對很多人來說，跑酷是一項男性運動，他們不相信女人也做得到，特別是自由奔跑這類動作。但我們女孩子用事實證明男孩子能做到的，她們也能做到，有的時候甚至做得更好。

這些意志堅定的參與者每周訓練三次，每一個動作都反復練習，力爭完美。……