article_snippet: Friends of the Sierra Leone sprinter who 'absconded' in the UK for nine months after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games have urged country's Olympic official to return home after country's Olympic official claimed asylum here.
article_snippet: MailOnline spoke to Jimmy Thoronka's running mates in Freetown, Sierra Leone who said they wanted country's Olympic official back despite the tragedy that has apparently struck country's Olympic official life.
highlights_snippet: But country's Olympic official says that country's Olympic official should return and is 'an embarrassment' to Sierra Leone and casts doubt over country's Olympic official claims .
  
highlights_snippet: Friends back up country's Olympic official story but still want country's Olympic official to return to lead sport there .
  