Ugandan athlete missing from a hotel in Japan ahead of the Olympics, raising questions over organizers’ oversight of Olympic participants amid local coronavirus concerns.
On their arrival on June 19 at Narita International Airport, a member of the team tested positive and was quarantined there, while the remaining eight members were allowed to travel more than 300 miles on a chartered bus to Izumisano, their pre-Olympics camp in the western prefecture of Osaka.
Both team members have since ended their quarantine requirement and the team has been training since July 7.
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