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As many as 31 city administrations in and round Tokyo have stated they won’t host abroad athletes for coaching and cultural exchanges earlier than the Olympic Games.
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As many as 31 city administrations in and round Tokyo have stated they won’t host abroad athletes for coaching and cultural exchanges earlier than the Olympic Games due to scarcity of manpower attributable to Covid-19. Government sources say they’ve begun monitoring the native governments that won’t be taking part in coaching and cultural trade programmes as deliberate. Reports coming in from the Chiba Prefecture say that the United States athletics staff is not going to be organising its pre-Olympic camp there, whereas the British wheelchair basketball staff and the Russian fencing staff too will not be planning to practice there as scheduled, in accordance to Japanese every day Kyodo News.
Ono City in Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, cancelled its ‘Host Town programme’ for the East Timor delegation.
A lot of host cities are withdrawing due to lack of manpower, as smaller municipal companies are discovering it tough to safe employees to cater to the wants of whole contingents.
According to estimates, greater than 528 municipalities had registered to host athletes from 184 nations through the Olympics and Paralympic Games, however due to the quickly altering state of affairs and scarcity of manpower, a number of have pulled out.
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