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Reason for Nauru's Mini Games absence now known, OFC draw being made this week, and call for expansion of Samoa's sport incentive
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Tokyo Olympics: Samoa pulls out over concern at Covid-19 infection rate in Japan
RNZ11:12, Jul 01 2021 Lars Baron/Getty Images Vaipava Nevo Ioane lifts weights at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Samoan government forbidding its team to travel to Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games. Samoa's caretaker government has said the country's athletes will not be competing at the Tokyo Olympics. However, the team has not been officially notified of any withdrawal. A meeting is scheduled on Thursday afternoon to discuss the team's involvement in the Games. The caretaker Cabinet decided on Wednesday to prevent Team Samoa from travelling to Japan due to Covid-19. READ MORE:
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Samoa caretaker govt pulls country's team from Tokyo Olympics
However, the team has not been officially notified of any withdrawal. A meeting is scheduled this afternoon to discuss the team's involvement in the Games. The caretaker Cabinet decided on Wednesday to prevent Team Samoa from travelling to Japan due to Covid-19. The caretaker Minister of Communications, Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i, said that with reports Japan has a 500 daily infection rate, the Cabinet decided prevention takes precedence. Afamasaga said the decision was made because the chance of infection was too high. However, Samoa's Olympic committee said later on Thursday that it was only wit...
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