Africa - Voice of America: Some African Olympians Choose to Defect After Games

Africa - Voice of America africa

Some African Olympians Choose to Defect After Games Aug 17th 2012, 21:57 JOHANNESBURG — The 2012 Olympics ended recently but some of the athletes have stayed behind in Britain. About a dozen African competitors have chosen to defect, including the man who carried the flag for Eritrea.  Uganda's gold medal-winning marathoner returned home this week to a parade, a presidential welcome and a check for $80,000. Not all of Africa's Olympians have been welcomed home like Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich. In fact, at least a dozen appear to have left the Olympic ... Media files: 9112BC76-6FEC-4488-8575-FEEF05F77FDC_cx0_cy7_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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