Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has made 2,000m world record holder Francine Niyonsaba an “extraordinary” ambassador for the East African country.
Last September Niyonsaba set the record of five minutes and 21.56 seconds at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb.
The president did not spell out why he had conferred the honorary title on her, but the 29-year-old athlete is regarded as a hero in Burundi.
Niyonsaba has not yet commented on the announcement.
She is among several athletes banned from competing between 400m and 1,500m for having naturally high levels of testosterone – a law introduced in 2018.
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