Brunei's 1st female Olympian

Brunei's 1st female Olympian

LONDON, Britain - Maziah Mahusin (front C) bears the Bruneian national flag during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, 2012. Mahusin will become the first Bruneian woman to compete in the Olympics when she runs in the 400 meters.

Brunei's 1st female Olympian in London

Brunei's 1st female Olympian in London

LONDON, Britain - Maziah Mahusin (C) takes part in a ceremony to mark the Bruneian Olympic delegation's arrival at the Athletes' Village in London on July 25, 2012. Mahusin will become the first Bruneian woman to compete in the Olympics when she runs in the 400 meters in the London Games.

Brunei's 1st female Olympian

Brunei's 1st female Olympian

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Maziah Mahusin, a 19-year-old student, stands in an athletics stadium in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 2, 2012. She will become the first Bruneian woman to compete in the Olympics when she runs in the 400 meters in the London Games, having been admitted under the International Olympic Committee's universality exemption rule, which allows countries that have no qualified athletes to compete at the Games.

Brunei's 1st female Olympian

Brunei's 1st female Olympian

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Maziah Mahusin, a 19-year-old student, stands in an athletics stadium after finishing practice in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, in early July 2012. She will become the first Bruneian woman to compete in the Olympics when she runs in the 400 meters in the London Games, having been admitted under the International Olympic Committee's universality exemption rule, which allows countries that have no qualified athletes to compete at the Games.