Saudi taekwondo standout Donia Abu Taleb has become the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympics and is dreaming of bringing home the Gulf kingdom's first gold medal when she competes in Paris. "This is a challenge for me, as the first Saudi woman to qualify for the Olympics... I've reached the point where I must achieve something," she says.
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00:00I have all the hopes of Saudi Arabia in me, it's great that everyone is posting photos of me,
00:21encouraging me, my family is praying for me, it's exciting, it doesn't burden the player.
00:28I believe that I will achieve, I will break, I will break the world.
00:34I started when I was 8 years old, and of course the support wasn't the same as it is now.
01:03I faced a lot of difficulties, I dreamed of being a hero in Saudi Arabia, or a world champion.