Wasiqi represented Afghanistan at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[2] He injured his hamstring before the marathon, but took part nonetheless.[3] He completed the race despite his injury, limping the whole way, with a time of 4:24:17, much slower than his personal best of two hours and thirty-three minutes.[4][5] He finished 111th and last, nearly an hour and a half behind the second-slowest competitor. Wasiqi reached the stadium and found "workmen [...] preparing the arena for the closing ceremony" and "tarpaulin being laid across the running track".[6][7] Preparations were suspended long enough for Wasiqi to reach the finish line.
