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标 题: Seven Cameroon athletes disappeared (Yahoo news)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 7 08:08:54 2012, 美东)
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Seven Cameroon athletes have disappeared while in
Britain for the London Olympics, the Ministry of Sports and Physical
Education said on Monday evening.
The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player - are suspected of
having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.
"What began as rumor has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian
athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared
from the Olympic Village," David Ojong, the mission head said in a message
sent to the ministry.
Ojong said a reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team, Drusille Ngako,
was the first to disappear. She was not one of the 18 finally retained
after pre-Olympic training in Scotland.
While her team-mates left for Coventry for their last preparatory encounter
against New Zealand, she vanished. A few days later, swimmer Paul Ekane
Edingue and his personal belongings were also not found in his room.
Ojong added that five boxers eliminated from the games, Thomas Essomba,
Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge
Ambomo, disappeared on Sunday from the Olympic village.
International Olympic Committee officials said on Tuesday they had heard
nothing about the missing athletes.
"We are unaware of it," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said when asked whether
organizers had heard of it.
It is not the first time Cameroonian athletes have disappeared during
international sports competitions.
At past Francophonie and Commonwealth games as well as junior soccer
competitions, several Cameroonians have quit their delegation without
official consent.
(Additional reporting by Karolos Grohmann, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
标 题: Seven Cameroon athletes disappeared (Yahoo news)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Aug 7 08:08:54 2012, 美东)
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Seven Cameroon athletes have disappeared while in
Britain for the London Olympics, the Ministry of Sports and Physical
Education said on Monday evening.
The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player - are suspected of
having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.
"What began as rumor has finally turned out to be true. Seven Cameroonian
athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared
from the Olympic Village," David Ojong, the mission head said in a message
sent to the ministry.
Ojong said a reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team, Drusille Ngako,
was the first to disappear. She was not one of the 18 finally retained
after pre-Olympic training in Scotland.
While her team-mates left for Coventry for their last preparatory encounter
against New Zealand, she vanished. A few days later, swimmer Paul Ekane
Edingue and his personal belongings were also not found in his room.
Ojong added that five boxers eliminated from the games, Thomas Essomba,
Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge
Ambomo, disappeared on Sunday from the Olympic village.
International Olympic Committee officials said on Tuesday they had heard
nothing about the missing athletes.
"We are unaware of it," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said when asked whether
organizers had heard of it.
It is not the first time Cameroonian athletes have disappeared during
international sports competitions.
At past Francophonie and Commonwealth games as well as junior soccer
competitions, several Cameroonians have quit their delegation without
official consent.
(Additional reporting by Karolos Grohmann, Editing by Nigel Hunt)