DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia will send four women to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women competed for the first time at the 2012 London Games.Hosam al-Qurashi, executive director of the Saudi Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Sunday that two of the women will participate in track and field, one in judo and one in fencing.The track and field athletes are Sarah Attar, who competed in 2012, and Cariman Abu al-Jadail. Judoka Wujud Fahmi and fencer Lubna al-Omair are the other competitors.Attar, Abu al-Jadail and Fahmi have been training in the United States, where they are students. Al-Omair will be traveling to Rio from the eastern Saudi city of Khobar.The decision to double the number of women athletes comes amid a backdrop of incremental, significant openings for Saudi women, including the right to vote and run as candidates for the first time in the countrys elections for municipal council seats in December.Al-Qurashi said a total of 11 Saudi athletes are competing in Rio, five of which were given wild card entries by the International Olympic Committee, including all four women.The female athletes, al-Qurashi said, will be participating in line with the kingdoms social guidelines, meaning they will be adhering to the Muslim countrys traditional and religious requirements regarding their attire and the sports they participate in.Women in Saudi Arabia are bound by strict rules when it comes to attire. They cannot be seen by men while jogging in sweat pants, much less wearing fitted or revealing shorts. Most women in Saudi Arabia cover their hair and face with a veil known as the niqab and all women are required to wear a loose black dress known as the abaya in public.For Saudi women, participating in sports is an act of defiance in a country where female access to exercise is outright shunned by ultra-conservatives .Physical education is not on the curriculum for girls in Saudi public schools. However, private female-only gyms and sports clubs are growing in popularity in the countrys major cities.Saudi Arabias largest female university in the capital, Riyadh -- the Princess Nora University -- also boasts a state-of-the-art sports complex with a swimming pool, gym, indoor running track, and sprawling outdoor soccer fields in a major shift for a country where female athletics have long been frowned upon.Al-Qurashi said the goal in this years Olympics is to have the players gain experience and exposure to an international sports competition. Looking ahead, he said the Saudi Olympic team does not intend to rely on wild card entries.The Saudi sports system is going through a major reformation, he said. Our strategy is we want to build athletes that qualify for the Olympics.We hope that one of them, God willing, will surprise us with unexpected results, he added. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen Jersey . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season. Paco Alcacer Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. http://www.fcbarcelonapro.com/Kids-Gerard-Pique-Jersey/ . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Sergi Roberto Jersey . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. Custom Barcelona Jerseys . The incident occurred at 19:56 of the second period of the Kings 4-2 road win over Edmonton on Sunday. Nolan punched Oilers forward Jesse Joensuu in the jaw in front of the Kings goal during a scrum. The reaction has been unkind. Does that mean the Los Angeles Lakers made a big mistake in grabbing free-agent center Timofey Mozgov? Or could it actually work? Wholesale NFL White Jerseys Nike NFL Jerseys China Wholesale Stitched Jerseys Cheap NFL Womens Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys China Youth NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap NFL Jerseys Outlet Jerseys From China Jerseys NFL Cheap Disocunt Football Jerseys Wholesale NFL Gear Wholesale Jerseys 2018 NFL Jerseys Outlet Wholesale Jerseys 2019 NFL Jerseys Outlet ' ' '