On Wednesday, Guinea announced that the reason for the Olympic defection was the corona pandemic.
At the same time, sources close to the government in the capital Conakry stated that the reasons were economic.
"After the health authority has confirmed that it (corona condition) is safe, the government gives practitioners permission to participate," Guinea's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said in a press release.
Wrestler Yarie Camara, judoka Mamadou Samba Bah, swimmers Fatoumata Lamarana Toure and Mamadou Tahirou Bah and the 100-meter runner Aissata Deen Conte will thus start in the games that will be inaugurated on Friday.