Samira Zargari has been barred from leaving Iran by her husbandThe Iranian women's alpine ski team flew on Wednesday to Italy for the world championships without their coach, whose husband has barred her from leaving the country, Iranian media reports. The reports by the semi-official ISNA news agency and the pro-reform Shargh daily did not provide any details as to why Samira Zargari's husband had not allowed her to leave. Zargari is not the first married athlete whose husband prevented her from leaving Iran. Four Iranian skiers are entered for the women's giant slalom race on Thursday at the world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo: Atefeh Ahmadi, Sadaf Savehshemshaki, Forough Abbasi and Marjan Kalhor. They are part of a 99-skier field for a race in which the favourites are Marta Bassino and Federica Brignone of host Italy,

Source: Sky sports February 18, 2021 10:52 UTC