Olympics - a party short on guests as COVID concerns chip away at Japan training camps

[ASFN Admin]

The Olympics may be going ahead, but much of the celebration and connection that normally makes hosting the Games so memorable is being stripped away as almost 50 cities have lost their role as a host or training camp base. More than 70% of those were cancelled by the visiting delegations, fearful of COVID-19 risks and restrictions amid Japan's poor vaccination numbers, shrinking the Games into a Tokyo bubble. Almost 80 Russians were due to train in Nagara and another 42 in Kamo but cancelled, while New Zealand's swimmers have switched their preparation venue from Kobe to the Olympic Village.

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