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Yamile Aldama cleared for British Olympic team

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Yamile Aldama is cleared to compete for Britain at this summer's London Olympics.

World indoor triple jump champion Yamile Aldama has been cleared to compete for Britain at this summer's London Olympics.

The Cuban-born athlete applied for British citizenship more than a decade ago after she married a Scottish student in Havana and moving to London.

However, Aldama was forced to compete for Sudan at the 2004 Olympics after finding herself without a country to represent.

The 39-year-old managed to successfully change her nationality two years ago and the International Olympics Committee have now agreed to reduce the customary three-year waiting period.

An International Olympic Committee statement said: "In both cases the Executive Board agreed to the request to reduce the three-year waiting period outlined in the Olympic Charter as the requirements for such reduction or cancellation had been met."

Aldama became the second-oldest world champion in history when she won gold at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.

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