As Mogadishu breathes again after ousting Islamists, Somalis compete for two wildcard places at Games Amal Mohamed Bashiir has risked her life to run. Now, the 18-year-old Somali hopes that determination will pay off with a place at the London Olympics. In a cafe outside Mogadishu’s airport, she described life as a female athlete when the Islamist rebels of al-Shabaab occupied parts of Somalia’s capital .

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