Should Somila apologies for slow runner?

Editing topic thread to "Should Somalia apologize for slow runner?" I'm blaming tiny keys and failure to proofred. (ha).

Still a faster clean time than some of the pros have run...

the woman was the niece of one of the sports minister or something like that. the somalian national team didn't send anybody to that event so there was an empty place and the minister entered her niece. so no they shouldn't apologise for being slow, they should apologise for the blatant favouritism and entering a person who clearly was not an athlete (overweight).

22 seconds is really slow. Millions and millions of teenagers run faster in practice every year. Maybe billions have done it.

22 seconds would be competitive but still probably finish last in the 22nd and final heat of the girls 100 at most of the middle school meets I've been to.

Yea, I feel like they at least disrespected the sport. Entering someone is not even a spinter and likely slower than 50% of the country is at least disrespectful. Slow is one thing, this was like entering her on the field hockey team and never having played field hockey.

I truly can’t wrap my head around why anyone cares about this. A person of power pulled some strings and let their niece compete in an event no one has even heard of until now. For a team that had no one running the 100 to begin with. Must we always have something so inconsequential to be upset about?

World University Games? Ha! Let me know when she competes in the Olympics.

did the officials bother to set a qualifying standard? If not, their fault. If so, and they didn't enforce it, still their fault.

How does this effect Mo Farah's legacy?

Much ado about nothing. There was an open lane. No one was bumped. No one was harmed. Since the track has no feelings, it's not possible to disrespect it.

Abdi Bile was a fast Somalian too, and 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

Yes, there was an entry standard for the womens 100 - 12 seconds, set by the organisers (same as the worlds standard set by World Athletics).

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the runner has not ever achieved that standard. So the Somalian official decided when they had no one with that standard to enter their niece on the basis the organisers are trusting the national bodies to enforce those standards.

This isn't a big deal to the US bc of the Ncaa and Naia. In some countries, its a big deal and getting in and doing well is a goal worth peaking for.

missing the point. nepotism, cronyism, corruption etc is not something a blind eye can be turned to or it spirals out of control. somalia is a good example of this.

Hilarious if she fails a drug test due to having medicine for a skin complaint or similar.

What kind of title is that? What are you talking about? Apologise to who? They don't have to apologise to anyone. It is their own shame and embarrassment to bare. Their own.

At least she showed up and ran u like Mu