A week before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, an athlete who had entered the country from Uganda was reported missing.

As local media reported on Friday, it was a 20-year-old Olympic participant who was with his team in a training camp in Izumisano, in the western Osaka prefecture.

He did not appear for his daily corona test.

In addition, the athlete could not be found in his hotel room at the training camp.

“The city is making every effort to look for the person.

We reported the matter to the police, ”said a statement.

The alarmed police have now started looking for him.

Two members of the team tested positive for the corona virus after arriving in Japan, although all team members are said to have been vaccinated.

The team was one of the first to arrive in Japan last month, but only started training last week due to the positive corona notices.

IOC President Bach in Hiroshima

Meanwhile, IOC President Thomas Bach laid a wreath in the Japanese city of Hiroshima in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing in World War II - on the day the Olympic ceasefire came into force.

This is valid until September 12th, one week after the Paralympic Games have ended.

This truce is a tradition that originated in the times of the ancient Olympic Games.

After laying the wreath in the Peace Park, Bach also paid a visit to the Peace Museum.

The top Olympian was accompanied by the Japanese Fumiaki Kajima, one of the survivors of the bombing.

Bach's visit was accompanied by protests by a civil movement that had gathered with signs and banners in front of the Peace Memorial Park.

The initiative started an online petition last week and asked Bach to cancel his visit to the historic site.

By Friday morning, 70,000 people had signed the petition.

The movement protested against hosting the Olympics amid the pandemic.

This is a "disregard for the health and life of people" and shows that the games are not a "festival of peace".

In his address, however, Bach again pointed out that the upcoming games in Tokyo would be a “beacon of hope” for a more peaceful future. His visit to Hiroshima reaffirmed the "peace mission in the Olympic movement" and called for more solidarity within and between societies. “There is no peace without solidarity,” said Bach.