MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s sports activities minister publicly apologized Wednesday and ordered that the chairwoman of the nationwide observe and discipline federation be suspended after a seemingly untrained feminine sprinter represented the African nation on the World University Games in China and took greater than 20 seconds to complete a 100-meter race.

Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Barre Mohamud mentioned his ministry didn’t understand how 20-year-old Nasra Abukar Ali was chosen to compete within the girls’s 100 on the scholar video games in Chengdu on Tuesday.

The ministry individually launched a press release directing the Somalia Olympic Committee to droop nationwide athletics federation chairwoman Khadija Aden Dahir amid allegations that Nasra Abukar was a relative of hers and was given the prospect to compete on the video games due to that.

Somalia’s college union mentioned it had not despatched any runners to China as a part of an official Somali staff.

A video of the agonizingly sluggish run by Nasra Abukar was shared throughout social media and Mohamud mentioned the efficiency was embarrassing for Somalia.

In her qualifying race, Nasra Abukar was instantly left behind by the opposite runners and completed about 10 seconds after the winner. Despite being useless final, she did a bit of skip within the air as she crossed the end line.