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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it’s been confirmed that she is the niece, there’s a facebook page congratulating her
The skip across the finish line was the icing on the cake 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I had to rewatch it. Omg it’s too hilarious and embarrassing 🙈 😂 😂😂
I thought it was just me.
It’s a statement, she knows what she’s doing and that she’s there by qabiil and to spread that embarrassment laugh the whole world
😂🤣😭💀
i actually love the idea of putting an average person in these races to show how fast the athletes are
average? she looked pregnant.
@Fred Smith i used to live in oklahoma, she’d be skinny down there. i mean average in the sense of a non athlete
@Dax_Megathor she’d be skinny in San Antonio
Im an average person, and I take offense to that
@Unkle Raymon anyone skinny next to those big ol women
The second to last place finisher is probably the only person not upset about Somali participation.
Yeah she got dusted too lol
HAAAAAAAA!!! I would imagine the other sprinters were also thrilled to see someone that wasn’t going to be any competition at all also.
somali rep is over
I don’t think any of the contestants would be upset… it’s one less person to worry about.
Yah at least she finished 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣😂😂😜🤭
My personal best for the 100m is 84.2 metres.
😂😢
my personal best for the 100 metres is 40 metres
you’d leave me for dust. I’d have to stop half way and walk to the end.
Haha. Underrated comment.
K😅😅
As a Somali origin, I feel so embarrassed for her and for the nation. I heard she was selected by a family member who is her aunt and is the minister of sports. This is what corruption can do to a nation. If one thing we are good is running. Be kind to us world we have great examples such Mo Farah and Abdi Bille who are both Somali and won Olympics gold etc. 😀
You’d think the girl would have said “no”. I was at least expecting to see somebody that wasn’t significantly overweight. Maybe it was a publicity stunt to show Somalis aren’t always skinny !
Even though if she practiced maybe she can be little bit more sorry for her and her country 😢😢
Yes, since this story I remind people of Abde Bile so they don’t think Somalia is all runners like this woman.
as a somali i’m not embarrassed at all i am laughing at all the funny comments
I think it’s pretty boss.
She is a world record holder now.
DADDY SAID GET ON THE RECORD BOOK
Presumably for the slowest time ever?
Shes cute the way she skipped at the end😂 i love it
A world record is a world record. Be it for the best, or for the worst. In some ways, somalia should be proud
😂🤣
I absolutely love the Somali “runner”‘s little skip across the finish line at the end. Gold.
Me too.
She slowed down at the end and looked comfortable. I reckon she can beat 20 Seconds in her next race
she did a usain bolt
@9FahimShe intentionally slowed down to preserve her energy for the next race when she’ll break the 10 second barrier
@Vacant can’t wait to see her on the relay
No one gonna congratulate her on a PB?
@Vacanther abillity to sprint is on cooldown
She had the jovial skip at the end like “that was fun” 😊😂
😂😂😂 she was proud of herself
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣