Kolohe Andino, of the United States, rides a wave during the quarterfinals of the men’s surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 27 at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (Pool Photo via AP)
ICHINOMIYA An aggrieved Olympic surfing alternate forced into a futile race against time to catch a wave in Japan is slamming a competitor’s officials as “selfish” for not being transparent about his rival’s positive COVID-19 test that cost him a shot at the sport’s historic Summer Games debut.
Angelo Bonomelli, 30, is the frustrated Italian surfer who, by a hair, missed out on the sport’s Olympic debut because Portugal’s Frederico Morais, 29, waited until the last minute to disclose his reported infection despite the long list of coronavirus rules, restrictions and realities set for the Tokyo Olympics.
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