WITTEN, Germany (Reuters) - Syria's champion boxer Nasser al-Shami was halfway to qualifying for the London Olympics when he was injured by gunfire in the central city of Hama. Now he may never compete again. Al-Shami, who won a bronze medal in Athens in 2004, was shot in the leg by a stray bullet last year while driving his brother's wife to hospital as government troops began to close in, the charity that helped him get treatment said. A public figure who took part in anti-government demonstrations, al-Shami could not safely stay in the Hama hospital where authorities were looking for him. ...
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