Somalia sacks sports minister after athlete came last in race

Somalia’s minister of youth and sports suspended the chairwoman of athletics federation  after a female sprinter took more than 21 seconds to complete a race

In a clip that went viral on social media, the untrained 20-year-old was not even in the frame as the rest of the field crossed the line

Sports Minister Mohamed Barre Mohamud said an investigation was conducted with Somalia’s National Olympic Committee which revealed Ali was neither a sports person nor a runner

“Khadijo Aden Dahir, the Chairwoman of the Somali Athletics Federation, has engaged in acts of abuse of power, nepotism, and defaming the name of the nation in (the) international arena,” the minister said in a statement