喀麦隆七名运动员从奥运村消失

喀麦隆体育代表团团长表示，有七名该国运动员上周末从奥运村消失，其中包括五名拳击运动员，一名游泳运动员，以及一名女足队员。这些运动员消失的原因尚不清楚，不过有传言称他们是因为经济原因想留在英国。他们的签证有效期到今年11月。这位团长称，最先消失的是一名女足候补守门员，她在队友们前往考文垂为对阵新西兰队做准备训练期间离开的。紧接着离开的是一名游泳队员和五名未能晋级的拳击队员。据报道，此次伦敦奥运会期间，运动员消失事件已不是第一次上演了。上月有三名苏丹运动员从奥运村消失，一名已经申请避难，另外两名可能也会效仿。

Seven Cameroonian athletes have disappeared while in Britain for the Olympics, officials said.

David Ojong, the head of the Cameroon delegation, said five boxers, a swimmer and a female football player had been missing since the weekend.

The reason for their disappearance is not known, amid some reports that they wanted to stay in the UK for economic reasons.

Mr Ojong said the athletes had visas allowing them to stay until November.

"What began as rumor has finally turned out to be true," Mr Ojong said, in a letter sent to the Cameroonian sports ministry.

"Seven Cameroonian athletes who participated at the 2012 London Olympic Games have disappeared from the Olympic Village."

A reserve goalkeeper for the women's soccer team, Drusille Ngako, was the first to vanish, according to Mr Ojong.

She disappeared while her teammates left for Coventry for their last preparatory encounter against New Zealand, he said.

Her disappearance was followed by that of swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue, reportedly along with his personal belongings.

The five boxers who had been eliminated from the games disappeared from London's Olympic village on Sunday, Mr Ojong said.

They were named as Thomas Essomba, Christian Donfack Adjoufack, Abdon Mewoli, Blaise Yepmou Mendouo and Serge Ambomo.

The home office said it could not comment on whether any of the seven had sought asylum in the country, the Associated Press reports.

According to the news agency, it is not the first case of its kind, with Sudan's embassy confirming last month that three athletes had gone missing.

One had applied for asylum and the other two were expected to do so, reports AP.