Abdinasir Said Ibrahim

Abdinasir Said Ibrahim

Abdinasir Said Ibrahim (born July 1, 1989 [ [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=SOM/athcode=237750/index.html "Ibrahim Abdinasir Said"] , IAAF] ) is a Somali athlete. He represented Somalia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, competing in the 5000 metres race. He finished in 37th and last place, with a time of 14:21.58. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/SOM/Abdinasir+Said+Ibrahim/203917 "Abdinasir Said Ibrahim"] , Yahoo!Sports] The International Association of Athletics Federations recorded the time as a personal best. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=SOM/athcode=237750/index.html "Ibrahim Abdinasir Said"] , IAAF]

Ibrahim had difficulties training in Somalia. With Mogadishu Stadium turned into a "military compound for insurgents", Abdinasir and fellow Somali athlete Samia Yusuf Omar trained in Coni Stadium (in Mogadishu), which has been described as "an artillery-pocked structure built in 1958 which has no track, endless divots, and has been overtaken by weeds and plants". [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/track_field/news;_ylt=AvFURSRj6rPGZg2hyah1FQLGKZt4?slug=cr-somalirunners082408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&print=1 "Somalia’s runners provide inspiration"] , Yahoo!Sports, August 24, 2008]

Abdinasir described being threatened by insurgents, who believed that his participation in official track events was a form of support for the Somali government::"“Once, the insurgents were very unhappy. When we went back home, my friends and I were rounded up and we were told if we did it again, we would get killed. Some of my friends stopped being in sports. I had many phone calls threatening me, that if I didn’t stop running, I would get killed. Lately, I do not have these problems. I think probably they realized we just wanted to be athletes and were not involved with the government.”" [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/track_field/news;_ylt=AvFURSRj6rPGZg2hyah1FQLGKZt4?slug=cr-somalirunners082408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&print=1 "Somalia’s runners provide inspiration"] , Yahoo!Sports, August 24, 2008]

External link

* [http://english.china.com/zh_cn/Olympic/other/11068324/20080806/15011770.html Photo of Abdinasir Said Ibrahim] (Xinhua)

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