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Reports: 7 Cameroon competitors are missing from Olympic athletes’ village - The Washington Post
Doesn't look good for your country when you lose 7 athletes. From article:
LONDON — Seven of Cameroon’s Olympic competitors have disappeared from their official residence and may be attempting to seek asylum in Britain, the chief of the African nation’s delegation was quoted as saying Tuesday.
A private newspaper in Cameroon, Le Messager, reported that the athletes were supposed to fly back to Cameroon on Sunday but had vanished. It said they took their personal effects, a nearly $5,000 performance bonus and new sports equipment with them, citing an unnamed national Olympic official.
A sports reporter in Cameroon said some athletes had hinted before departing for London that they might attempt to stay there.
“They said they were very demotivated and named insufficient government attention to their complaints, inadequate financing, poor preparation and substandard infrastructure,†David Sandjo, a sports reporter for Sweet FM radio, told The Associated Press. “Some even said they would not hesitate to change their nationality if ever they had the chance.â€
It’s not the first case of missing athletes in London. Before the July 27 opening ceremony, Sudan’s embassy confirmed that three athletes had gone missing; one had applied for asylum and the other two were expected to do so.
Doesn't look good for your country when you lose 7 athletes. From article:
LONDON — Seven of Cameroon’s Olympic competitors have disappeared from their official residence and may be attempting to seek asylum in Britain, the chief of the African nation’s delegation was quoted as saying Tuesday.
A private newspaper in Cameroon, Le Messager, reported that the athletes were supposed to fly back to Cameroon on Sunday but had vanished. It said they took their personal effects, a nearly $5,000 performance bonus and new sports equipment with them, citing an unnamed national Olympic official.
A sports reporter in Cameroon said some athletes had hinted before departing for London that they might attempt to stay there.
“They said they were very demotivated and named insufficient government attention to their complaints, inadequate financing, poor preparation and substandard infrastructure,†David Sandjo, a sports reporter for Sweet FM radio, told The Associated Press. “Some even said they would not hesitate to change their nationality if ever they had the chance.â€
It’s not the first case of missing athletes in London. Before the July 27 opening ceremony, Sudan’s embassy confirmed that three athletes had gone missing; one had applied for asylum and the other two were expected to do so.
