Samuel Francis was born in Nigeria, however I wasn't able to find any information about how he qualified to run for Qatar. I assume money was involved somewhere (the Nigerian track & field association is notoriously corrupt), though I guess he could have lived here long enough to be naturalised. Anyone have any further information?
Unfortunately Qatar's decision to tempt athletes from other countries to compete for Qatar could count against them in their bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
Samuel Francis was born in Nigeria, however I wasn't able to find any information about how he qualified to run for Qatar. I assume money was involved somewhere (the Nigerian track & field association is notoriously corrupt), though I guess he could have lived here long enough to be naturalised. Anyone have any further information?
Unfortunately Qatar's decision to tempt athletes from other countries to compete for Qatar could count against them in their bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
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