Drowned Somali runner remembered by her sister
A former Somali Olympic athlete has drowned while trying to reach Europe in a migrant boat.
Runner Samia Yusuf Omar competed in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and had hoped to participate in the London Games.
But she faced extreme difficulties as a female athlete in Mogadishu, with a lack of training facilities and threats from Islamist militants.
The BBC's Newsday programme spoke to her sister Hodan in Finland.
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21 Aug 2012
- From the section Africa