China News Service, August 1, According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on July 31, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that two Tokyo Olympic athletes were deprived of their Olympic qualifications for leaving the Olympic Village for sightseeing.
NHK learned from an interview with relevant personnel of the conference that the two involved were Georgian judo players.
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According to reports, these two contestants both won silver medals in previous competitions. After the competition, they went out from the Olympic Village and went to Tokyo Tower for sightseeing.
The organizing committee stated that the behavior of the two people violated the anti-epidemic measures of the new crown of the conference and decided to deprive them of their Olympic qualification certificates.
According to reports, this is the first case of being deprived of the Olympic qualification certificate in this Olympics.
In addition, on the same day, the organizing committee also made a penalty decision for a number of media personnel from Europe who gathered for drinking on July 27. Although the Olympic qualification certificates of the involved personnel were not deprived, they were temporarily suspended. .
The organizing committee stated that it will also respond appropriately to similar violations in the future.