Sierra Leone athlete who participated in the London Marathon disappears before flight home

Talk about looking for greener pastures. A 24 year old female Sierra Leone athlete is reported to have disappeared after participating in the London Olympics. Mami Konneh Lahun, who finished 20th in the marathon is said to have disappeared right after she she hit the finish-line. She was due to return home yesterday but could not be traced!

Daily Mail reports:

Mami  Lahun had been allowed into Britain to compete on a temporary visa.

The athlete, who is Sierra Leone's fastest-ever 5,000 meter and 10,000 meter runner, last year won her country's marathon and in neighboring Liberia.

Scotland Yard said she arrived in Britain a week ago to prepare for the marathon, and finished in just over 2 hours 46 minutes.

Detectives looking into her disappearance say she has no known links to the UK and does not have a mobile phone.

It came after the London Olympics in 2012, where dozens of athletes and coaches disappeared or claimed asylum after the Games.

The Mail revealed that seventy claimed political asylum after the Olympics and more than have were given refugee status.

Last year police admitted they were still looking for 21 people who just vanished, with one official saying that some had competed then ‘simply wandered off to make a better life’ in Britain.

Those who failed to return home were from countries including the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Cameroon and Sudan.