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South Africa to vaccinate athletes ahead of Tokyo Olympic games

South Africa to vaccinate athletes ahead of Tokyo Olympic games

SOUTH African athletes due to participate in this year's Tokyo Olympics will receive COVID-19 shots during a vaccination rollout that has so far prioritised the elderly and frontline workers, the country's medicine authority said yesterday. Tokyo is due to host the Games from July 23 to August 8 after they were postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have faced calls for a further postponement or cancellation because of rising COVID-19 cases in Japan and elsewhere, but they now look set to go ahead. In a statement, the South…
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Olympics-Undaunted by pandemic, S.Sudan athletes in Japan fix eyes on the prize

Olympics-Undaunted by pandemic, S.Sudan athletes in Japan fix eyes on the prize

KIYOSHI TAKENAKA AFTER the coronavirus forced a delay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, athletes from South Sudan who are training in Japan seized the opportunity for more practice, which they have vowed to keep up, despite mounting uncertainty over this year's event. Four track athletes and a coach from South Sudan, the world's youngest country, and one of its poorest, arrived in November 2019 in Maebashi, a city 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Tokyo, to exploit Japan's better training conditions. Forced to extend their stay after the summer games were postponed by a year, they find infections are still…
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