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Six ousted for breaking COVID-19 protocol

Updated on: 02 August,2021 08:37 AM IST  |  Tokyo
AP , PTI |

Toshiro Muto, the games chief executive, says it was a clear and serious violation for two Georgian judokas to go sight-seeing. The other four were accredited contractors from Britain and the USA arrested for allegedly using cocaine before the Olympics opened.

Six ousted for breaking COVID-19 protocol

Tokyo Olympics. Pic/AFP

Tokyo Olympics organisers say they have banished six people, including two silver medallists from Georgia, for breaking rules designed to protect against COVID-19 cases.


Toshiro Muto, the games chief executive, says it was a clear and serious violation for two Georgian judokas to go sight-seeing. The other four were accredited contractors from Britain and the USA arrested for allegedly using cocaine before the Olympics opened.


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