Samar Khan
Samar Khan is a Pakistani mountain biker and adventure athlete who is the first to cycle on the Biafo Glacier. Khan is also the first Pakistani to have cycled on the Roof of Africa, UHURU PEAK, Kilimanjaro. She also holds a Master’s in Physics.
Khan talks about her terrible experience at the hands of a TV show host
In a video on Twitter, Khan talks about her experience being interviewed on a TV show.
1= Intrviewer: What's your full name?
Me: Samar KhanIntrviewer: Welcome to the show, we have 1st guest (his complete intro) then we have another great female, who(pause), what to tell you(pause), she rides in all the country!! pic.twitter.com/Diwi5Pqq94
— Samar Khan (@SKhanAthlete) February 15, 2021
In the post, she revealed that the interviewer did not even know her full name and profile, and upon asking for a proper introduction like the one the man before her had gotten, Khan was asked to introduce herself or leave the show. During the same show, athletes had also been made to sit together in a room with no basic facilities, while social media influencers with a huge following were given extreme importance.
2= Me: Introduce me as an adventure-athlete, a mountain biker who has achieved this, this & this!
Intrviewer: Actually your sports is new & not common so, you can tell ur journey on the show, let's move on….
Me: Introduce me properly as ur channel is watched by everyone.
— Samar Khan (@SKhanAthlete) February 15, 2021
3= Intrviewer: Calm down, you do it urself or if you wanna leave you can!!
Me: dropping the mic & left!!
Because no more tolerance for bullshit after going through discrimination all these years!!
Respect the athletes or don't invite us in ur events/shows!
— Samar Khan (@SKhanAthlete) February 15, 2021
Via a chain of Instagram posts, Khan proceeded to highlight the rights of athletes along with creating awareness about snow sports and its participants. “The objective of my previous post was to expose few people/departments who take sports fraternity for granted,” she wrote in one of her posts.
What do the people have to say?
Celebrities like Yasir Hussain and fans also shared their support for Khan and her journey on social media.
Exactly! ♥️ to all the athletes that come out of our country. Unless you are a cricketer maybe, it’s almost like no other sport matters. I can’t believe these champs still keep at it in the face of such ignorance. https://t.co/an9AL3addp
— عینی (@annienafees) February 18, 2021
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Respect for @SKhanAthlete ! Glad you stood up for yourself and the rest of #Pakistan's athletes. We've seen time & again that athletes other than cricketers aren't treated v well in Pak. Same goes for adventurers, scientists, & many other pros.#respectpakheroes https://t.co/AXttlccar6— Ahmad Shabbar (@AhShabbar) February 18, 2021