'Unfit' Somali athlete's 'slowest-ever' 100m sprint faces outrage, ridicule. Viral video

Nasra Abukar Ali, a 20-year-old runner from Somalia, went viral for her jaw-dropping performance in the 100-meter sprint at the World University Games in Chengdu, China, but not for the right reasons.

She came in last in the sprint – clocking in at a staggering 21.81 seconds and was promptly branded the “slowest-ever” time taken in the history of the 100m race. Somalia's athletics community has faced a severe blow to its reputation after the runner completed the race, taking twice as much as the winner.

The viral video of her struggle to compete with the other athletes has sparked ridicule and accusations of corruption and incompetence within the Somali government and the country’s athletics boss has been suspended.

The video shows the athlete, now branded “unfit”, fall far behind the pack, barely visible in the frame for most of the race. Her stumbling finish, more of a skip than a sprint, left viewers in disbelief and triggered an outpouring of mockery online. She even hopped and jumped during the race and finally made to a finish line, in a stark contrast between her time and Brazil's Gabriela Mourão, the winner with a time of 11.58 seconds.

He physical appearance, including her “potbelly”, was also mocked by Twitter users and viewers of the competition as she struggled to even get in position like her opponents before the race began.
"Immediately I saw the potbelly, I started laughing. This girl hasn't walked fast in her life, talk more of run any kind of race," one Twitter user commented. "They let literally anyone run for Somalia. This is 100% real!" another user said.