Guinea withdraw from Tokyo 2020 Olympics over resurgence of COVID-19 variants
By Geoff Berkeley at the Main Press Centre in Tokyo Thursday, 22 July 2021
Guinea has decided not to send its delegation to the 2020 Olympic Games here because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.
A total of five athletes were set to represent the west African nation at the Games which are due to open tomorrow against the backdrop of the global health crisis.
But Guinean Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow has announced that the country will not be participating due to a resurgence of COVID-19 variants .
Sow explained the decision in a letter addressed to National Olympic and Sports Committee Guinea President Nabi Camara, according to a report by
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