Guinea reverses decision to pull out of Olympics in 2021
CONAKRY, Guinea The West African country of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the Olympics in 2021 and will send a delegation of five athletes to the Tokyo Games.
Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement Thursday after national and international outcries that followed an earlier declaration that Guinea would not send athletes to Tokyo, blaming the coronavirus and its variants. The Minister of State, Minister of Sports has the true pleasure of informing the people of Guinea and the whole sports family, that the government, after obtaining guarantees from the health authorities, agrees to the participation of our athletes in the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo, the minister said in a statement.
Guinea Reverses Decision to Pull Out of Tokyo Olympics
Voice of America
23 Jul 2021, 08:05 GMT+10
The West African country of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the Olympics and will send a delegation of five athletes to the Tokyo Games.
Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement Thursday after national and international outcries that followed an earlier declaration that Guinea would not send athletes to Tokyo, blaming the coronavirus and its variants. The Minister of State, Minister of Sports has the true pleasure of informing the people of Guinea and the whole sports family, that the government, after obtaining guarantees from the health authorities, agrees to the participation of our athletes in the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo, the minister said in a statement.
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After previously becoming the first scheduled nation to withdraw from the Olympics over fears of the rise in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, Guinea reconsidered and reversed its decision Thursday, announcing it will send its delegation of five athletes to the Games.
It was a swift change of heart less than 24 hours after the country s minister of sports, Bantama Sow, issued a statement Wednesday night that Guinea intended to sideline its participants because of the resurgence of COVID variants. The Minister of State, Minister of Sports has the true pleasure of informing the people of Guinea and the whole sports family, that the government, after obtaining guarantees from the health authorities, agrees to the participation of our athletes in the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo, Sow said in a statement Thursday.
Guinea to finally send athletes to Olympic Games
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Tokyo, July 23 : Following extensive discussions with the International Olympic Committee, Guinea, an African nation, has decided to send its five-member contingent to the Tokyo Olympic Games after pulling out of the quadrennial showpiece, citing resurgence of Covid-19 variant.
The secretary general of the Ministry of Sports in Guinea Isto Keira was quoted as saying by the local media that the decision of his government was motivated by a letter that the IOC sent to the Guinean authorities on Thursday.
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