Somali sprinter’s ‘embarrassing’ 22 second 100m draws government apology
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2023
- 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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@@Dementia-Gaming938نممدددددظظظظظظظظظظظدظظمممجج
Nice
@telegraph: In Indonesia there is also a king's son like that, the king's name is Jou-Know-Who@@jytvreal
@@jytvrealShe only took the opportunity to get free holiday to China 😂
I feel bad for the actual athlete that was denied the opportunity for her to go and do this.
She looks pregnant 🙄
Doesn’t matter tho like even if she was pregnant why is she running, even if she isn’t pregnant she shouldn’t be running
@@Redrose-zc7hjTurns out she is confirmed to be pregnant
@@witchking008ouch.. woke
@@_XPXIyeah she embarrassed her self and her country
This is alarming evidence of just how rampant corruption is in Somalia. It is distressing to see that the individuals who sent her deliberately misappropriated funds intended for the player's training and preparation, instead opting to select a family member who lacks the necessary skills and knowledge about the sport, putting her in a situation she was not adequately prepared for
This has nothing to do with the country, its about the sports federation.
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@@yacquubfarah6038 the government reflects the country.
the question is who got paid the big bucks? 😂
@@yoursubconscious The deputy minister of sport was seen taking money from the Chinese ambassador at the airport
Imagine being so bad that your country's govt. has to issue an apology.
I doubt the apology was for her performance.
I have no sympathy for them. They knew that the only reason they're there is cuz a family member who was in charge gave them the opportunity over ppl that actually deserved it. They chose to take it and embarrass themselves. Seems the whole family is corrupt af.
Somalia has a government?
@@pegcity4evabarely
@@hansolo5912 Is it even in Somalia?
This is what lying on your resume looks like.
"Just wing it, bro."
Or a company that is desperate for workers. Just hire anyone. 😅
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
The saddest part is there are real athletes who dedicate their lives to training so that they can get opportunities like this one. What a shame.
I agree
Well she looks like she dedicated her life to snacks so whose trying harder 😂
In Somalia? I think most people dedicate their lives to staying alive, getting food and fresh water are probably a higher priority.
This is what they’re doing in every industry for diversity
Doubt they had a massive pool of sprint athletes
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 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣😂😂😜🤭
People in the comments dont understand how slow 22 seconds is. 100 meters 22 secods is way slower than an average person can run. In the 100 meter, 1 second is a huge difference, cause its only 100 meters.
Im an American so I dont even know how far 100 meters is.
@@HalfBackCrack 328 feet 😊
@@HalfBackCrack~1 football field
Bolt ran 19.19sec in the 200m ... so if she started at 100m and he at 200m, he would still beat the flab outta her.
@@HalfBackCrack It's about 100 yards. Easy.
Her body motions tell me that was a half-sprint that ended at a jog and then a skip of the finish line. What a performance
That skip at the end is absolutely sending my sides into orbit
Like there was absolutely no hint of her even bothering to make a serious attempt and then she ends it with a little skippity doo dah dance across the finish line 🤣🤣🤣
Half sprint?? Half sprint requires around 50% sprinting ability. That was a short dash like to go poopoo after some bad Chinese food 😄
@@zerocal76 it's like the half-hearted, shuffling almost jog ppl do when somebody is holding the door and they're just far enough away for a regular walk to be too slow and awkward
As embarrassing as this is for her, it really does put into perspective the sheer talent and training of the other athletes.
I don't think she was embarrassed at all
No it does not, she looks out of shape. Lazy and maybe should have ran in shorts and better shoes
No it just puts into perspective how slow she is, and that's all
At least she can say she's an Olympic athlete lol
Um no, she is slow by any non athletic standard
She slowed down at the end and looked comfortable
👍
Good
pena ajena siento, primero por los somalíes y segundo por esa pobre muchacha.
Good
Nice
I remember when I was 14 I was 5’3”, wasn’t very athletic at all, and decided to join my school’s track team. I tried out for the 100m and got last place, finishing way behind the guy in front of me. My time was about 15.5 seconds……… how the hell did this woman manage to get a spot in this race? She’s probably not even average for a Somalian woman that hasn’t competed ever in their lives
It is beyond pathetic. Any person who is that slow and doesnt have a serious health condition should be embarassed.
I'd rather finish last place than sit on the bench for a basketball team or any team sport.
When I was in middle school at the last minute they would go randomly find one us to go do the 100m. I was a distance runner and am absurdly slow at short distance. One time they picked me and I got dead last. I ran it in 14.5 and got smoked by everyone. It was so embarrassing at the time lol
@@nomaderic Sad excuse for a coach that would not take the time to find out who the best person for the job was.
@tomlord4469 to be fair it was a small rural town so total number of people was limited, and nobody wanted to do it lol. It was all most of our first year doing track
She did what no sprinter has ever done: finished with nobody else in sight!
Except for Bolt, he was easily the best among the best
No one was within 5 seconds of her at the finish line!
i actually love the idea of putting an average person in these races to show how fast the athletes are
edit: by “average” i simply mean non-athlete. in no way am i starting a discussion on the mathematical average female 100m time.
average? she looked pregnant.
@@fredsmith6324 i used to live in oklahoma, she’d be skinny down there. i mean average in the sense of a non athlete
@@dax_megathor479 she'd be skinny in San Antonio
Im an average person, and I take offense to that
@@UnkleRaymon anyone skinny next to those big ol women
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 😢😢
I think it's pretty boss.
I'm from Boston when I hear Somali I think best runners in the world.
Mo Farah is British though
This kind of brazen nepotism is usually only seen in the corporate world.
Or just Africa in general.
fr!
@@myshepspud1it’s exist more in the west
@@Bell_plejdo568pyeah not true, Western countries have the least amount of corruption، that's why Western countries dominate the gold medals while Africa and Asian countries are ramped with corruption beyond repair.
@@Bell_plejdo568pah. Source?
She ran an honest race. No gimmicks, no drugs, no speed
it's literally way slower than the average person lol
The dishonesty wasn't on the track. the dishonesty was on the selection process.
Choosing to perform and take the spot of a real athlete is disingenuous.
I’m not sure about the no drugs part
LOL @ no speed
I absolutely love the Somali "runner"'s little skip across the finish line at the end. Gold.
Me too.
What is there to love there? Fools
How about not gold bro
Its like she had no idea what was going on even.
More like the opposite of gold.
She was so pleased with herself at the end. Skipping happily 😂
She's shameless. People like this do not feel embarrassment.
😂😂😂😂
I noticed that. Hahahaha hahahaha
They're taking over
Probably skipping to the buffet.
I've seen people in wheelchairs go faster
My 3 legged turtle is faster
@@ky9263than people in wheelchairs? that's a bit daft
An apology from the Government? Didn't know they had one
I believe they have several
She had the jovial skip at the end like "that was fun" 😊😂
😂😂😂 she was proud of herself
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To it.
lol
Bounced like a mf teletubby
This is what corruption can do. An unfair selecting of resources depriving the real athlete to compete
She's probably the president's niece.
@@mickyaramsyes she is
Worst part is there were likely those who raised their voices before this event occurred and they mysteriously were never seen again.
No way she is the fastest woman in somalia to take that spot, what a waste of a spot.....
At the age of 19, I was able to run 100m in 13.7 seconds without any training. As a foreign student in former USSR, it was compulsory to do physical exercises and if we skiped they did not allow us to do exams. Everyone had to run less than 15 seconds to pass. I had few friends from Ethiopia, they ran in 12 seconds without any training.
Cool story chief👍
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😅😅
She identified as a runner
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯🇸🇴💙
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
😂😂😂😂 even though that crap hasn’t reached over there yet 😂😂😂😂
*she’s dressed the way my mom wishes I would dress when I go outside into cold weather* 😂
This is what South Africa does with government jobs and tenders.
This!!!! We lucky we have the talent we have or this would be us. In fact the fact we not that is entirely down to the private sector in spite of the government.
As Somali 🇸🇴, we have registered a new record in the World 🌎🌍
The only girl who killed the girl and the big name we are talking about is important
Shut up man, that is not to be promoted we somalis can do better than this
What record....
To her defence somalis are better at long distance just like most east africans
record:slower than a sick tortoise 😂😂😂❤
That’s good example of corruption😂😂😂
Absolutely
Somalia isn't easy 😂😂😂❤
@@samiiralaki5828 Except for Tribalism, Nepotism, Corruption, Piracy, Al shabaab, and losing Ogden to Ethiopia
And also ssc terrorist groups
@@samiiralaki5828 Yes Somalia isn't easy. Somaliland is at least better. ;)
She looked out of place before it started
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
😂🤣
Explains why in so many parts of the world things are in shambles…. Folks keep giving jobs to unqualified members of their family. Explains why roads and public utilities in some countries are terrible…. On top of other things
it's mainly somalia with this problem due to tribes
Lots of countries are in this position with minor differences. Look at Iran, they call it the greatest missed opportunity in history, if it wasent for the Mullahs holding their nations hostage it would be a super power like no other.
That's bullshit, somalia has great world level marathon runners. This is just a perplexing case
Listen here mf, this is running not road work
Yet black folks still complain about living in the united states
it reminded me of that Monty Python sketch "100 yard dash for people with no sense of direction."
The skip at the end 😂😂
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
@@atouchofgreatness can’t wait to see her on the relay
No one gonna congratulate her on a PB?
@@atouchofgreatnessher abillity to sprint is on cooldown
From her starting, I really was not sure if she could reach to the end. That was quite an achievement.
I think it was the pot belly that slowed her down
😂
She was the only one that looked somewhat fat. I knew who it was from the start
They should drug test her
Hahaha im thrilled on Somalia's other sports representatives, i bet it would be like a circus 😂😂😂😂
The way she starts skipping at the end lol
That is actually a shame that the government apologised for one of the greatest moments in sports history
This is disrespectful to the ACTUAL athletes who ACTUALLY worked hard to be there🤨
Relax. She didn't take anything away from the other racers.
Sorry for the girl, bless her. We should understand Somalia is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, it doesn't even have a legitimate government!
She choose this Somalia isn’t the most corrupt countries and how is the most corrupt country of it doenst have a legitimate government
that isnt somalias fault its called nepotism
My dad at 45 and long past his best years ran a 14.5😂 he's 6'0" tall and weighed 260lbs at that point
Lets hope they dont enter the 400m because we'll be here all day.
She is one of the runners of all time
they should of put a dog behind her and maybe that would of increase the speed
underrated comment
@jytvreal Or a donut in front!😂
@@angmaraboli6511 Or both to maximize speed
How did she even get there lol, without experience
Corruption gives birth to monsters.
22 seconds on the 100 meter is slower than what an average non athletic person can do, about 18 or 17 seconds. They were extremely unprepared.
Clearly not a sprinter, she had no form or technique whatsoever. She runs like a normal person with no experience / training in actual sprinting. Absurd that she was even on the track for a competition.
i wana see u do it better
It cuz she related to the vice President of Somila
@@Rayangotlostbro it’s not rude lol it’s just facts
Couldn't agree more. She is not a sprinter.
@@Rayangotlostshe right it’s absurd to select such talentless person to represent a nation and disrespect other competing nation with such unprofessionalism
That skip at the finish line 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still faster than me.😭
This is so bizarre.... why? Who ever decided this? Why would she want to humiliate herself?
She is lucky to have participated in a small distance race idk how the situation could've been if it was 2 or more laps😂😂
Easily lapped
Lapped in an 800m@@nickatnite16
just imagine indoor season
I would probably just feign injury to save myself from the embarrassment
It’s kind of refreshing to see a runner that even I could definitely pass by. 😂
fr she got nothing on me even tho i mid af (mile 6:36)
That little skip at the end 💀
She ran a similar pace as the 100km ultra running world record. 3:40/km. Roughly 16,5 km/h. Albeit she was a bit slower than the 100km WR.
The way she pulled them shorts up on the starting blocks, like she was about to dust everyone.🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀
Lmaooooooo best comment here. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
She’s my spirit athlete.
That little hop at the end always kills me 🤣😂
first time ever seeing someone jog the 100m dash
Somalia was simply demonstrating the difference between a real athlete to a normal one , well done solamlia for bringing awareness to the sport 👏
Haha for real. At least it put the sport in the headlines somewhere.
Unfortunately, she wasn't normal, lol. Decades of armed fighting have left the people of somalia to become less than their peers in every way.
That wasn't normal speed, she was slow.
From the look of her she has been eating all the pies.
She just walk, she doesn't run
Shes got the start down pat and the finish skip is not bad, she just has to work on the run
😂she took all the spot light and become legend in negative way😂...in history
Often in these all inclusive Olympic or World competitions, someone's neice or nephew is automatically placed on the national team.
😂 she went from the couch to this race😂😂 the skip across was beauty!
I’m 51 I can do better than that,
That just African corruption.
This is like when the PE teacher lines up all the athletes in a race with the person that’s just there so they don’t fail the class.
The skip at the end lol
She is actually the niece of Somalia’s Head of Athletics Federation. Didn’t anyone tell them she is overweight to be running. She never walked fast on her life let alone running.
😢 😢
Ok we don’t have to body shame Mohamed
@@teresilas6659she’s overweight, truth hurts I guess.
@@teresilas6659it's not body shaming. She's too fat and too short to be competitive at this sport.
@@teresilas6659- in the non-western world, everyone behaves like they’ve done for centuries when it comes to body shaming.
In other words, it’s normal.
That final sarcastic jump was a statement
She looks out of place in the beginning…. Like she’s nervous or knows she is gonna mess up, or like she realized she shouldn’t be there 😂
“At least I didn’t come last” doesn’t quite have the same effect in this race 😅
She deserves a consolation medal. With little training she can break 20 sec record.
😂
Is that supposed to be an achievement🤦🏻
no training
@@someguy-_-3882why not.
@@miriamkariuki969 Why yes
I like her attitude at the end like: "It's ok,I didn't want to partecipate anyway" 😂
Big word. . Sound it out 🤣🤔
Stark contrast to the athlete who pushes so hard they crap themselves.
I guess that's one way to put "Olympic athlete" on your resume
Everyone gets a participation medal 🏅 👏
And THAT'S what counts!
The Corinthian ideal on full display here with this performance.
There are no participation medals at this level of competition.
hahhahahahahha...no doubt these fuken days...lol
like the slowest in school
This would totally be me if I were forced to compete
The other athletes cheated, they took the short cut.
The way she finished the line was epic 😂😂😂
Well, she's clearly shameless. Most of us with consciences wouldn't agree to embarrass ourselves like this in front of the world.
@@dereksbooksshe doesnt have lQ enough to be self aware
Who let the Pregnant lady run?
We ArE SomaLi
And We arE NoT Easy
😂😂😂
@@ameenabdulaziz8469Somali suck every sport created by man
@@ameenabdulaziz8469bilaa dhiigyahay masax waxan aad soo qortay uf ma wax lagu faanaa
@@ameenabdulaziz8469 caadi miihin
@@lyoto Mo Farah and Abdi Bile say otherwise
And that’s what corruption looks like
this is the real life equivalent to that curb your enthusiasm arc were Larry gets blackmailed to cast that girl that cant act in his new show
I would laugh at her, but I think she is faster than me! 😂😂
She has something in common with Usain Bolt actually. Bolt slowed down looking behind and actually jogged to the finish line seeing how far distant his competition was. Ms Somalia looked forward and skipped across the line seeing how far in the distance her competition was!
With those type of clothes even Bolt would run 15+ lol
"I'm in no particular hurry, the race has its schedule, I have mine."
It’s true she is her niece, there is Facebook post while congratulating her graduation on her page.
Her outfit pretty much said it all.
This situation happens a lot in Brazilian companies
It's supposed to be sprinting but she looks like she's leisurely jogging
Corruption in sports can have some incredibly brutal results like this.
Yea i see all good an bad but what stands out is her partisipation for a currupt campaign
She should have turned down to run , she embarrassed herself and the nation.
@@mazatoshi7501 Yep. Faked an injury.
Not cute. A mockery. Very disrespectful to the other athletes who obviously train very hard. The Somali Minister who selected their niece to contend should be fired and Somalia should be banned from contending in all running events for minimum of one year.
This is a good example of people taking a spot from legitimate athletes
Don’t quit your day job as a pirate
She was probably too busy attacking ships, instead of actually training...
This is actually a good 'n real representation of Somalia
How
The skip at the end lmfao
Its the little skip at the end does it for me
“Y’a allah” decency wins😭😂😂😂
Well, at least she had fun. That finish was everything. 🤣