Saturday, July 24, 2010

Samia Yusuf Omar, Somalia Olympians

The Beijing Olympics are over, but the stories are always motivating. The people of Somalia, located in the Horn of Africa, a nation torn by war. With his battered capital of Mogadishu. From the rubble and anarchy, the troubled nation able to send two athletes to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. One of them is named Samia Yusuf Omar, women who participate in 200 meters. Samia lives with his family in a two-room house in Mogadishu, where the family sells fruits and vegetablesA life. While she lived on a diet of bread, wheat porridge and water. Training for the event was difficult for Samia. Mogadishu Stadium offered on the track for practice for her. However, it was taken by rebels and a military camp. The other stage Cuneo stadium built in 1958, no track, endless divots, weeds and plants. No hospital in a track and field events practice. Samia was then to be on the streets of Mogadishu. A citytorn by war and lawlessness. Samia as they would be harassed by men they say verbally abused woman clothes, it would be inappropriate. Also women should not participate in sports. In an attempt to reduce criticism and threats, in stifling heat, Samia would wear a scarf, a shirt with sleeves and trousers to run on the road. Samia was observed to participate in the Olympics and not win a medal, but without the flag of their country in the world to seethat ...

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