The Olympic Games plot thickened this week as a Japanese City cancelled a Kenyan pre-Tokyo training camp over a marked and sudden spike in infections, while describing the situation currently prevailing in the city as “critical”.
The city, Kurume, which is situated in the Fukuoka Prefecture, confirmed on Wednesday that they were cancelling the training, the Kenyan Olympic Committee has now confirmed. The committee furthermore revealed that the letter announced a rapid spread of recent new infections, staring around mid-April, as well as the fact that the country-wide rise in infections reported earlier on during the same month has not yet subsided.
The committee said that the letter had explained that the training facilities previously earmarked for Kenyan athletes were now being used as additional centres for vaccinations. The Kenyan team was supposed to spend a total of 12 days in the city, beginning July 7, for the purpose of acclimatising ahead of the July 23 opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Olympics Kenya acting secretary general Francis Mutuku has responded to the news by saying that the current situation the world now faces expects of people to be willing to adapt to change at any given moment, and that these decisions necessarily have to remain in the care and power of experts outside of the field of athletics and sport.
Mutuku said the team will now have no other option but to rely on alternative plans for preparing for the Games.
Several prominent Japanese newspapers are in the meantime continuing to put pressure on government to call off the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
| # | Site | Bonus | Bet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ladbrokes |  | 5/5 | 100% Match up to $250 NZD | Bet now Review |
| 2 |  | Betway | | 4.9/5 | Up to $60 NZD | Bet now Review |
| 3 |  | Palmerbet | | 4.8/5 | 100% Match | Bet now |
| 4 |  | Picklebet | | 4.7/5 | Login to see promotions | Bet now |
More About Trent Wilson
Trent Wilson is OnlineBetting.nz’s resident sports news expert. He draws on his extensive sporting knowledge, his qualification in sports management and his passion for betting to provide the latest, most up to date information on sporting events in New Zealand and across the globe. Trent is a veritable treasure trove of sports information and has been betting online for several years. He prides himself in keeping his readers informed, and in always offering an unbiased standpoint that reflects exactly what’s going on in the sports world.
View Posts - Visit WebsiteYou May Also Like:
Climate Change Threatening Winter Sports
With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, a gloomy new report is warning that shorter and warmer seasons could soon mean the end of snow sports and Winter Games. Climate change is responsible for the erosion of the season and for creating dangerous and artificial conditions, experts now warn. ….
Man Charged With Helping Olympians Dope
A Texas man has been charged with providing performance-enhancing drugs to athletes competing in last year’s Tokyo summer Olympics. One such athlete had been Nigerian runner Blessing Okagbare. Eric Lira distributed drugs for the sole purpose of disrupting the Tokyo Olympic Games, the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said on ….
IOC Issues A Word Of Warning Over LA Games
A stern word of warning recently issued by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach made it clear that boxing and weightlifting have a long road to travel if the two sports are to remain included as part of the 2028 LA Olympic Games programme. Bach expressed particular concern over weightlifting, ….
Lisa Carrington Wins K1 500m In Tokyo
New Zealand’s most successful Olympian only makes winning medals at the Games look easy. Anyone paying attention will have noticed the smile mixed with a definite grimace as Lisa Carrington finished first in the canoe sprint women’s K1 500m final on Thursday – thereby securing her third gold medal in ….
Laurel Hubbard Qualifies For Olympics And Sparks Heated Debate
The world of Olympic sports has forever changed as Laurel Hubbard becomes the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics Games. This has led to many people questioning the fairness of the decision and reignited the debate on inclusion. Updated qualifying requirements have allowed Hubbard to compete in the ….