Saudi Arabia Is Sending 4 Female Athletes to the Rio Olympics

The Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee will send four female athletes to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Sara al-Attar, Lubna al-Omair, Wujud Fahmi and Cariman Abu al-Jadail will compete for their country, a spokesman for the committee said last week.

The women will become the second group of female athletes to represent the conservative kingdom (a country where women are forbidden from driving and are subject to a prohibitive male guardianship system) at the Olympics.

The announcements of the male Saudi team members – of which there are only seven – was made separately from the female team due to "sensitivities regarding gender segregation and women's athletics in Saudi Arabia," reports Reuters.

Attar, who ran in the 800-meter race at the 2012 Olympics, will return to compete in track and field. Jadail, another sprinter, will run in the 100-meter dash.

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Fahmi, a judo fighter, will enter the under-52-kilogram event.

Omair will compete in fencing.

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Similarly to the 2012 London Games, the women will be given wild-card entries to compete without meeting formal qualification standards.

It is difficult for female athletes to practice in Saudi Arabia as women's gyms are not eligible to operate and they are required to get permission from a male guardian to travel.