Novruz marks the first day of the Persian calendar and the beginning of the Persian New Year. Novruz or Navroz is generally associated with the Parsi community but it is celebrated across the Middle East, the South Caucasus, the Black Sea Basin, and Northern, Western, Central, and South Asia. Some common traditions include: Decorating eggs to honor new life, tidying up your home to prepare for a fresh start, and feasting on spring vegetables and herbs." But her sponsors would not allow her to break the overall record as it threatened the status quo - they wanted to reserve the feat for a male driver.As part of the Navroz 2023 doodle, Google also shared insights into the festival's history and significance, it said, “In many cultures, Nowruz also marks the beginning of a new year - a time to reflect on the past, set intentions for the future, and strengthen relationships with loved ones. When she set the women’s land speed record in 1976, she set her eyes on the men’s record too. She would soon quit diving, but remained intent on continuing as a pro athlete. But before the trials for the 1964 Olympics, she broke her wrist and contracted spinal meningitis, threatening her ability to walk. “My mother pushed me to read lips,” she told People magazine in 1977, “but she didn’t push me in sports – I did that myself.”Īs a teenager, she started off as a diver, winning Amateur Athletic Union diving championships, training with the famous diving coach Sammy Lee. When she was just a few months old, she contracted multiple diseases which left her deaf. The achievement garnered her the tag of the “fastest woman in the world”. In 1976, she drove a hydrogen peroxide-powered three-wheeled rocket car, which reached an average speed of 825.127 kmph, with a top speed of 999 kmph. O’Neil was also a racer and held the women’s absolute land speed record until 2019.
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