Tokyo Olympics: Official in refugee group assessments optimistic, contingent’s arrival in Japan delayed

The contaminated official has been quarantined and is with out signs, the IOC stated. The Tokyo Olympics begins on July 23. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAbout 26 of the 29 refugees are in a coaching camp in Qatar and can now stay there together with 10 of the 11 officersThe group is nearly thrice as large because the inaugural group on the Rio de Janeiro 2016 OlympicsThe athletes have been chosen from a pool of 56, supported by Olympic scholarships from 13 totally different international locationsThe refugee Olympic group resulting from compete on the Tokyo Games this month has delayed its arrival to Japan following a optimistic COVID-19 case by a group official in Qatar, the International Olympic Committee stated on Wednesday.

Some 26 of the 29 refugees are in a coaching camp in Qatar and can now stay there together with 10 of the 11 officers. The contaminated official has been quarantined and is with out signs, the IOC stated.”As a consequence, it was decided that the team would currently not travel to Tokyo and will continue their training in Doha while being tested daily,” the IOC stated in a press release.The group, which can compete underneath the Olympic flag and embody folks from international locations together with Syria, South Sudan, Eritrea, Afghanistan and Iran, is nearly thrice as large because the inaugural group on the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, with a complete of 29 athletes competing in 12 sports activities.The athletes, who will march into the stadium through the opening ceremony in second place behind historic Games founders Greece, have been chosen from a pool of 56, supported by Olympic scholarships from 13 totally different international locations.The IOC unveiled its first refugee group on the Rio Games to lift consciousness of the difficulty as a whole lot of hundreds of individuals have been pouring into Europe from the Middle East and elsewhere escaping battle and poverty.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.