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Sports Category => Pro Sports Discussion => Topic started by: theking on August 03, 2023, 08:55:15 AM

Title: I watch Track & Field sports from time to time and this is an embarrassment
Post by: theking on August 03, 2023, 08:55:15 AM

..for the sport of racing in general. I mean, the athletes should pre-qualify first so not sure how she got in. Heard her dad paid the officials to let her in?  ???:

"University World Games: Somali minister apologises after untrained 'sprinter' enters 100m race"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMzi0KsWEjM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMzi0KsWEjM)

Title: Re: I watch Track & Field sports from time to time and this is an embarrassment
Post by: theking on August 04, 2023, 12:20:39 AM

"Somalia suspends athletics head after runner goes viral in snail-paced 100m
Untrained sprinter came dead last in race, taking nearly twice as long to finish as the winner

Somalia’s athletics boss has been suspended after an untrained runner went viral for taking nearly 22 seconds to complete the 100-metre sprint at an international competition.

Nasra Abukar Ali, 20, came dead last at the World University Games in Chengdu, China on Tuesday, taking almost twice as long to finish as the winner, Brazil’s Gabriela Mourão"
(https://external-preview.redd.it/i-saw-the-potbelly-outrage-over-somali-athletes-100-metre-v0-B3Zgs75N-vgDm2qQgYgTMD405glaUNOKc_6FMYfnRwI.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=5187083919a34fbacfae02000002119a81f86607)

(https://sportal365images.com/process/smp-images-production/ringier.africa/03082023/8927e921-c236-4b97-8950-85f3728bbdf9.jpg?operations=fit(960:))