Published July 22, 2021, 8:40 AM
The Olympic rings at the waterfront in Tokyo on December 1, 2020. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Guinea cancelled its participation in the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the west African state’s sports minister announced.
However, a source close to the government in Conakry said that the decision not to send its five-person team was a consequence of financial constraints.
“Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 variants, the government, concerned with preserving the health of Guinean athletes, has decided with regret to cancel Guinea’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics,” Minister of Sports, Sanoussy Bantama Sow, wrote in a letter addressed to the president of the Guinean Olympic Committee that was seen by AFP.
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