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Sports minister apologises for terrible sprinter at World University Games

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A sports minister has apologised after farcical scenes saw a ‘sprinter’ take almost twice as long as the winner to finish a 100m race. An investigation concluded that Somalia's Nasra Abubakar Ali is ‘not a sports person, nor a runner’.

A sports minister has apologised and an athletics official suspended after farcical scenes at the World University Games which saw a ‘sprinter’ take almost twice as long as the winner to finish in women’s 100m qualifying.

The Somali Ministry of Youth and Sport has conducted an investigation and discovered that she is ‘not a sports person, nor a runner’. The exact relationship between Dahir and Ali has not been confirmed but Ali is thought to be Dahir’s niece.

 

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