Athens 1997

Habtemariam Nebiat competed in the 5000m round one. 
Habtemariam Nebiat, a 5,000-meter runner from Eritrea, has not left her hotel room since Thursday, when a borrowed and oversized vest failed to cover her breasts during qualifying.
“She was inconsolable. She was very ashamed because all the people saw her,” an unidentified Eritrean team official was quoted as saying by the Athens newspaper Ta Nea.
Television cameras focused on the distressed runner for long spells as she continued to run around the track 3 minutes after the winner had finished. Nebiat’s predicament was shown on the big scoreboard screens in the stadium and broadcast to millions of viewers around the world.
Nebiat, who was not wearing a bra, elicited loud whistles and cheers at Olympic Stadium as she was exposed for much of the race. In the last few laps, the 18-year-old runner tugged at her shirt in an apparent attempt to cover up and preserve her modesty, only to further expose herself. Her small, perky bust and dark nipples were exposed to all, and coming from a religious country, she was embarrassed and crying upon realizing that her flat chest was captured by the cameras and would be published in photograph, further adding humiliation.
She finished 3 minutes behind the winner.
Category:1997
Category:Greece
Category:World Championships in Athletics