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A Somali Olympic athlete has reportedly drowned while attempting to reach Europe on a migrant boat.
据报道,索马里一位奥运会运动员在乘坐一艘移民船返回欧洲的途中溺水身亡。
Samia was said to have moved to Ethiopia in search of a coach Runner Samia Yusuf Omar was trying to cross from Libya to Italy in April when the boat she was travelling in sank, according to Italian media.
The head of Somalia's National Olympic Committee confirmed to the BBC that she had died but did not say how.
Samia competed in the 200m event at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 despite having almost no formal training.
Although she came in last place, several seconds behind the other competitors, the BBC's Alan Johnston in Rome says it is extraordinary that she was able to take part at all.
She had grown up and trained in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, facing war, poverty, a complete lack of athletics1 facilities and prejudice from some quarters against women participating in sports.
According to a profile of Samia on al-Jazeera, she faced death threats and intimidation2 when she returned to Somalia after the 2008 Olympics, with the Islamist militia3 al-Shabab controlling parts of the capital.
'We will not forget'
In October 2010, the runner is reported to have moved to Ethiopia in search of a coach to help her train for the London 2012 Olympics.
What happened between then and her apparent death in the Mediterranean4 Sea is unclear.
According to al-Jazeera, there were no guarantees that she would be accepted to train at the stadium in Addis Ababa - it was dependent on her running times and permission from the Ethiopian Athletics Federation5.
Reports in Italian media suggest she may have been hoping to find a coach in Europe who could help her reach the London Olympics.
Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera says Samia's fate only came to light when former Somali Olympic athlete Abdi Bile brought it up at a talk.
He mentioned Mo Farah, the Somali runner who moved to the United Kingdom aged6 12 and triumphed in this year's Olympics.
"We are happy for Mo - he is our pride," he said. "But we will not forget Samia."
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