TOKYO: A view of the Olympic Rings outside the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games starting on Friday.—AFP
LAHORE: Though every athlete and official who are part of the Pakistan contingent for the Tokyo Olympics were tested seven times each for Covid-19, they could not fully follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set for bio-secure bubble.
The last flight of the athletes, including Arshad Nadeem and Najma Parveen, is set to take off on Thursday from different airports as the government did not plan send-off the 20-member contingent together.
Meanwhile, weightlifter Talha Talib will leave for Tokyo on Wednesday night along with Brig Zaheer Akhtar, Chef de Mission retired Lt Colonel Mohammad Nasir Ijaz Tung, while Six athletes along with their support personnel have already reached the Olympic Village.