Sluggish Somalia ‘100M sprinter’ sets worst world record after taking her ‘sweet time’ of 22 seconds (VIDEO)
Somalia runner skips over finish line of 100m sprint race after recording ‘slowest ever time’ of 21 seconds
Somalia runner skips over finish line of 100m sprint race after recording ‘slowest ever time’ of 21 seconds.
A video of a women’s 100-metre race during the 31st Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China, is going viral on social media.
The video showed the woman far outclassed, and not even in the frame with the other runners almost immediately after the 100m race began.
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 finish the race, but Ms Ali takes her own sweet time to reach the end, jumping on the track in between.
She finished about 10 seconds behind the winner, finishing in about 21 seconds.
The viral moment at the World University Games in China on Tuesday sparked outrage online and accusations of nepotism.
Twitter users have roasted the Somalia athlete for her performance.
“Immediately I saw the potbelly, I started laughing. This girl hasn’t walked fast in her life, talk more of run any kind of race,” commented one user. “Wow. Somalia is known for Marathon runners if I’m not wrong?” asked another.
“She has never run a day in her life,” a third user said.
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“It’s disheartening to witness such an incompetent government. How could they select an untrained girl to represent Somalia in running? It’s truly shocking and reflects poorly on our country internationally,” said Elham Garaad, in one of the posts that was shared widely.
The incident has resulted in the suspension of Khadijo Aden Dahir, the chairwoman of the Somali Athletics Federation, after an untrained and non-athlete runner was sent to take part, the country’s Ministry of Youth and Sports said Wednesday. She will also be subject to legal proceedings, it said.
Dahir is accused of “abuse of power, nepotism, and defaming the name of the nation” in the international arena, the ministry said in a statement posted on social media.
The ministry said the woman in the race is not a runner.
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