A Somali sports official was suspended for nepotism after a viral video showed an apparent novice runner skipping across the finish line in last place at an international competition.
The video, which circulated widely on Wednesday, showed Nasro Abukar Ali competing in the third heat of the first round of the women’s 100-meter race at the International University Sports Federation’s Summer World University Games in China. Ali starts sluggishly out of the blocks as the other runners burst forward, and quickly fades far behind the pack before jogging toward the finish line and ending with a small skip. She finished in 21.
It alleged Dahir had engaged in “acts of abuse of power, nepotism, and defaming the name of the nation in international arena,” in a letter addressed to the Somali National Olympic Committee and tweeted by the ministry. Somali Minster of Youth and Sports Mohamed Barre Mohamud said Ali was not a “sports person nor a runner.” According to Forbes, Mohamud had earlier “apologized” for the incident in a Facebook video.
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