TOKYO: Following extensive discussions with the International Olympic Committee, Guinea, an African nation, has decided to send its five-member contingent to the Tokyo Olympic Games after pulling out of the quadrennial showpiece, citing resurgence of Covid-19 variant. The secretary general of the Ministry of Sports in Guinea Isto Keira was quoted as saying by the local media that the decision of his government was motivated by a letter that the IOC sent to the Guinean authorities on Thursday. Sports minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said that arrangements are being made to allow Guinean athletes to leave Conakry for Tokyo. He said that the diplomatic representation of Guinea in Japan and the technical services of the Ministry of Sports are at work, in order to ensure all the technical and health conditions for Guinean athletes upon their arrival in Japan. IANS
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