A video of a women’s 100-metre race during the 31st Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, has gone viral on social media.
The clip is making waves for the performance of one particular athlete from Somalia, Nasra Abukar Ali, who reportedly completed the race in 21 seconds, NDTV is reporting.
The video shows other female athletes gearing up for the race and taking the stance before the start while Ms Ali struggles to even do that. She doesn’t appear to be fit and as soon as the buzzer rings, the crouching athletes race ahead, leaving Ms Ali far behind.
Others athletes quickly finished the race, but Ms Ali too, her own sweet time to reach the end, jumping on the track in between.
Social media users are ber@ting the Somalia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports for sending the “untrained” athlete to a high-profile event. Cataloged by some already as the worst athlete in history who has participated in said games within the queen’s test of speed, Ms Ali came in last establishing a record for slowest finish in the history of the competition.
The selection process, which should have been a show of merit and talent, has been marred by accusations of favoritism and mismanagement, as there would be an alleged family relationship between the alleged athlete and the president of the Athletic Federation from the African country. Critics argued that selection is a flagrant disregard for fair competition and sends a worrying message about the integrity of Somalia’s sports system.
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