Nasra Abukar Ali Takes 22 Secs to Finish 100m As Somali Government Blames Corruption, Video

• Nasra Abukar Ali embarrassed Somalia after featuring for her country in the third heat of the 100-metre event
• She participated in the student games in China but finished dead last, more than 10 seconds behind the race winner
• The Somali government has blamed corruption for the incident, and the chairwoman of the athletics federation has been suspended

The government of Somalia has blamed corruption after it took a woman 22 seconds to complete a 100-metre sprint event.

China is hosting the competition that was scheduled to be held in 2021, and a participant has left the organisers worried as she should never have been on the tracks.

Nasra Abukar Ali should practically not have contested as she lined up for the third heat of the 100-metre event sporting Somalia's traditional blue colours and a modified hijab.

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.

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Gabriela Silva Mourao of Brazil won the race, having crossed the line at a time of 11.58 seconds, which was almost half of Ali's end result.

The Somalian sprinter managed to finish the race at a cringeworthy 21.81 seconds, leaving the country’s officials with a drastic decision to make.

The country’s minister of youth and sports fired the chairwoman of the country's athletics federation immediately.

Legal action will also be initiated following the embarrassing performance at the prestigious World University Games. The minister said in a statement via Reuters:

"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."

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