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.
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CONAKRY, Guinea â The African country of Guinea has pulled out of the Olympics, citing the coronavirus.
The decision will keep five athletes from competing at the Tokyo Games. Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow made the announcement in a letter Wednesday addressed to the president of the Guinean Olympic committee. He blamed the virus and its variants.
Guinean Olympic committee secretary general Ben Daouda Nassoko told The Associated Press only days before the statement that funds had just been released for the delegation to go to Tokyo. The five athletes impacted by the decision are a freestyle wrestler, swimmers, and a track and judo participant.
República de Guinea cancela participación en Tokio 2020 debido al COVID-19
CONAKRY, Guinea.- República de Guinea, que debía enviar una pequeña delegación de cinco deportistas a los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio, decidió cancelar su participación debido al COVID-19, anunció el ministro de Deportes del país africano.
Una fuente próxima del gobierno de la capital Conakri evocó por su parte problemas financieros para justificar la renuncia de este país pobre del África occidental a dos días de la ceremonia inaugural, que tendrá lugar el viernes.
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