“28 (delegation members) returned to Cameroon, 24 are still in the (Olympic) village and seven have defected,” the state daily Cameroon Tribune quoted David Ojong, head of Cameroon’s Olympics delegation, as saying.
The missing athletes are five boxers, one swimmer and one woman football (soccer) player, the Cameroon Tribune said.
Meanwhile a representative of the Cameroon Football Federation said the first athlete to disappear on July 2 was “a woman football player who was at the Olympic village but was not one of the 18 players chosen to take part in the Olympic games.”
The missing player from Cameroon’s national football team is Drusille Ngako, said the representative, who requested anonymity.
She was not chosen as a finalist to participate in the games and it is not known why she went with the national women’s football team to London, the source added.
Since the beginning of the 2012 Games in London, Cameroon has not won any medals. Two of its athletes remain in competition.
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