Police in France search for Benin track and field athlete Odile Ahouanwanou, missing for a week in Normandy

French police announced Tuesday that they were searching for a track and field athlete from the African nation of Benin, saying Odile Ahouanwanou had not been seen in a week.

The 33-year-old was last seen dropping off her child at the home of a carer on Sept. 10, police in Normandy, northern France, announced in a post on social media, adding that she had not returned to collect her son.

In their appeal for information on the "worrying disappearance", the national police said Ahouanwanou was last known to be traveling in a Volkswagen Polo.