Reports: Somali Olympic sprinter died when migrant boat sank (Photo: Kerim Okten/ EPA file) A woman from war-torn Somalia who rose to fame by running in the 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics drowned while trying to reach Europe ahead of the London 2012 Games, it has emerged. Samia Yusuf Omar died when a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank in April, according to a report in Italian by the Pubblico blog and other Italian media. Read the complete story.
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Reports: Somali Olympic sprinter died when migrant boat sank

(Photo: Kerim Okten/ EPA file)

A woman from war-torn Somalia who rose to fame by running in the 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics drowned while trying to reach Europe ahead of the London 2012 Games, it has emerged.

Samia Yusuf Omar died when a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank in April, according to a report in Italian by the Pubblico blog and other Italian media.

Read the complete story.

Source: worldnews.nbcnews.com

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