Did athletes from Cameroon defect to Great Britain?
Seven of the African nation’s 60 athletes, including its entire boxing team, have disappeared from London’s Olympic Village. None had officially sought asylum in Great Britain by Tuesday, but they are expected to remain in Europe for economic reasons. In an unrelated development, several Sudanese runners turned up in a British police station requesting asylum. Olympic defections are not unheard of. An Iraqi weightlifter sought asylum in Atlanta in 1996.
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