Italian athlete Ayomide Folorunso celebrates her arrival at the World Athletics Championship, inside the Hayward Field stadium, in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo: Reuters)
EUGENE, Oregon: Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to clear a visa issuing logjam that threatened to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the competition, which starts on Friday.
Dozens of athletes from around the world have been flagging their problems, with Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala among the most high-profile. Omanyala finally got his visa approved but faced a diferent kind of race to arrive in Eugene in time for Friday’s 100 metres heats.
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