Somali sprinter’s ‘embarrassing’ 22 second 100m draws government apology



A Somali sprinter’s ’embarrassing’ 22-second 100m run has drawn a government apology after her performance sparked an online backlash.

Nasra Abubakar Ali’s showing at a university games competition in the Chinese city of Chengdu saw her finish some 10 seconds behind the race’s winner, who recorded a time of 11.58 seconds.

Footage of the race showed Ms Abubakar Ali being left behind by competitors almost as soon as the starting gun was fired.

Within six seconds, she was trailing to such an extent that she disappeared from the camera frame as the other athletes – led by a Brazilian contestant – sprinted towards the finish line.

As the competitors caught their breath, Ms Abubakar Ali appeared to jog the final few metres, before giving a cheerful skip as she crossed the line after 21.81 seconds.

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45 thoughts on “Somali sprinter’s ‘embarrassing’ 22 second 100m draws government apology”

  1. Recommendation and nepotism in sports? 😂 Might work within your country where other competent players are denied the opportunity or are threatened to lose on purpose so that the 🤡 could win, but the audacity to send the 🤡 to an international event to compete against top athletes across the global is just fked up 🤣😂

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  2. I will use this video as a brilliant illustration of the word "nepotism" to my daughter. That said, I agree with some of the comments that actually it is fascinating to see the performance of professional athletes in context of normal folk.

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  3. Both her and her aunt should be hold accoutable, like she should be banned from all competitions world wide and her aunt should be removed from any political positions shes holding.

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  4. i do feel bad for Abukar Ali and how everyone has been absolutely flaming her rn. but the way i see it, it’s the aunts fault for letting this even slide and she probably didn’t have a choice but to say yes to the offer (if there even was one)

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