First Covid-19 case in a non-athlete reported in the Olympic village days before Tokyo games' opening ceremony
President Seiko Hashimoto told a news conference the infected person was not an athlete but rather somebody who is involved in organizing the games. She declined to identify the individual's nationality but acknowledged the revelation will not reassure her nervous compatriots.
“I understand that there are still many worrying factors,” Hashimoto said. “Organizers must try to make sure that people will understand that these games are safe and secure.
Most are still en route to Japan, but already around 40 people with ties to the games — both local Japanese and foreigners — have tested positive for Covid-19, Olympic officials have said.last week. As a result, there will be no fans cheering those athletes on, and signature Olympic events like the opening and closing ceremonies will likely lack the pomp and pageantry of earlier games.
Uganda has been competing in the Summer Olympics since 1956 and has won a total seven medals — two gold, three silver, two bronze. Four of the medals Uganda has won were for boxing. The others were for athletics. The last time a Ugandan won a medal was at the 2012 Olympics in London when long-distance runner Stephen Kiprotich won the marathon and the gold medal.
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