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Cambodia to send three athletes to Tokyo Olympics despite pandemic 15 Jul 2021, 12:49 GMT+10 PHNOM PENH, July 15 (Xinhua) Cambodia s three elite athletes will represent the Southeast Asian nation in the Tokyo Olympic Games, sports officials said on Thursday. Vath Chamroeun, secretary general of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia, said the trio include swimmers Hem Puch, 22, and Khoeun Bunpich Morakad, 17, and one runner, Pen Sokong, 28. The two swimmers will compete in the 50-meter freestyle, and the runner will race in the 100-meter dash, he told Xinhua. They participate in the Games via wild cards. In the Olympics, a wild card is a slot awarded to a country or a region that does not go through the qualification stage. Usually, countries or regions that participate via a wild card are only allowed to compete in a limited number of disciplines.

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