Despite the promises made by the sitting regime, the runner has not gone home. There are chances of him seeking asylum in USAOlympic marathon silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa failed to return to Ethiopia Monday night despite assurances he would not be punished for his Rio protest over political repression in his country. An AFP journalist at the airport in Addis Ababa said Lilesa was not onboard the plane that landed on Monday night carrying Ethiopia's Olympics team. Lilesa's agent Federico Rosa had earlier told AFP that the runner would not be returning home after staging his protest, despite Ethiopian government assurances Lilesa would not face any issued if he went back. "I don't think that there is any way that he will (go back to Ethiopia)," Rosa told AFP earlier on Monday.

Source: dna August 24, 2016 07:07 UTC