The announcement made Guinea the second country to pull out of the Olympics due to COVID. North Korea decided to not participate in the Games in early April.
Guinea pulled its Olympic team from the 2020 Tokoyo Games on Wednesday over COVID-19 concerns.
Minister of Sports Sanoussy Bantama Sow wrote a letter to the president of the Guinean Olympic committee making the announcement. Sow cited the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Japan as the reason for their withdrawal. "Due to the resurgence of COVID variants, the government, concerned with preserving the health of Guinean athletes, has decided with regret to cancel Guinea's participation in the 32ndThe Guinean Olympic team consisted of five athletes: runner Aissata Deen Conte, swimmers Fatoumata Lamarana Toure and Mamadou Tahirou Bah, freestyle wrestler Fatoumata Yarie Camara and judo martial artist Mamadou Samba Bah.
The announcement made Guinea the second country to pull out of the Olympics over the coronavirus. North Korea decided to not participate in the Games in early April.Guinea pulled out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on Wednesday due to COVID-19 concerns. Above, people take photographs of Olympics rings on July 22, 2021 in Yokohama, Japan.
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