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7 Cameroon Athletes Flee Olympics

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Are suspected of leaving to live in Europe.

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Seven athletes from Cameroon have disappeared while in Great Britain for the Olympic Games. The Cameroon Ministry of Sports and Physical Education Five boxers announced on Monday that five boxers, a swimmer, and a soccer player have gone missing. Drusille Ngako, a reserve goaltender for the women’s soccer team, was the first to vanish. Swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue left a few days later. The five boxers left after being eliminated from the Olympic Games. Officials believe the athletes fled so that they could stay in Europe and improve their economic situations. A spokesman for the International Olympic Committee said the organization was unaware that athletes were missing.

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