An elite runner failed to catch her flight home after going missing following the London Marathon.
Mami Konneh Lahun was due to fly home on Monday but did not return to her temporary accommodation in Greenwich on Sunday and has not been seen since.
Ms Lahun 24, of Sierra Leone, is on a six-month visa that was issued on 7 April on arrival, the Home Office said.
An official confirmed all runners who come to the UK to race get these sportsperson visit visas.
However, the athlete is not thought to have any links to the UK and is believed not to have a mobile phone.
On Monday, the Met Police announced Ms Lahun, who finished the women's race in 20th place, had been found safe and well but later retracted their statement.
Writing is my passion and facts-proofing is my hobby, I have been writing at Gistmania for close to a decade now and It is one of the most exciting things I do. Outside writing, I love enjoying time with my loved ones - if you have any tip for me, please do get in touch
Posted: at 15-04-2014 11:49 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
kelemann at 15-04-2014 01:01 PM (11 years ago) (m)
This Oyibo people too dey rush. They think say every African that goes to their place will not want to return home. Home is hone and there is not place like home no matter how poor.
Posted: at 15-04-2014 01:01 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming
daveobahon at 15-04-2014 02:01 PM (11 years ago) (m)
This Oyibo people too dey rush. They think say every African that goes to their place will not want to return home. Home is hone and there is not place like home no matter how poor. GBAM BUT
Posted: at 15-04-2014 02:01 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
This Oyibo people too dey rush. They think say every African that goes to their place will not want to return home. Home is hone and there is not place like home no matter how poor.
Posted: at 15-04-2014 06:28 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
This Oyibo people too dey rush. They think say every African that goes to their place will not want to return home. Home is hone and there is not place like home no matter how poor.
Some Africans are looking for a better life.
The news is that seventy athletes claimed political asylum after the 2012 Olympics in London. They simply wander off to make a better life’ in Britain. Those who failed to return home from the Olympics were from countries including the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Cameroon and Sudan.
Posted: at 15-04-2014 06:45 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
TRENDING GISTS 
UK Police Recover Body Of 16Yr Old British-Nigerian Boy Who Drowned In A Lake
PHOTOS: Young Woman Brutally Murdered By Suspected Ritualists, Priv@te Part Removed In Ogun
Lovely Video Of Singer Davido And His Wife, Chioma Vibing To His Song
Woman Slams Her Husband For Allegedly Having Unprotected S3x With Random Girls After Publicly Apologizing To Her
Actress, Laide Bakare Crowned UN Ambassador Of Peace
Actress, Uche Montana Celebrates Birthday With New Stunning Photos
VIDEO: President Tinubu Conferred With a Chieftaincy Title in Anambra State
Passengers Killed, Vehicles Set Ablaze As Gunmen Attack Commercial Bus in Imo
Fan Gushes As MC Oluomo’s Daughter Gets Engaged