- Title: Australia's Olympic team arrives in Japan for Tokyo 2020
- Date: 17th July 2021
- Summary: NARITA, CHIBA PREFECTURE, JAPAN (JULY 17, 2021) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SIGN READING (English): "NARITA AIRPORT TERMINAL 2"
- Embargoed: 31st July 2021 14:38
- Keywords: Australia Badminton Beach Volleyball Hockey Japan Olympics Rowing Swimming Table Tennis Tokyo 2020 Waterpolo Weightlifting
- Location: NARITA, JAPAN / CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
- City: NARITA, JAPAN / CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Olympics,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA002EM88KZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:More members of team Australia arrived in Japan on Saturday (July 17), as the first COVID case in the athlete village was reported.
The charter flight departed from Cairns landed in Narita airport around 7:45 p.m. local time (1045GMT) where the athletes are expected to go through COVID-19 test before allow into the country.
The group of 147 athletes compete in swimming, hockey, rowing, waterpolo, beach Volleyball, weightlifting, badminton, table tennis is the biggest arrival by far from Australia.
On Saturday, Tokyo 2020 official confirmed a person has tested positive for COVID-19 at the athletes' village, the first case at a site where most competitors will be staying, raising new doubts over promises of a "safe and secure" Games.
The case at the athletes' village, a 44-hectare site built on Tokyo's waterfront, is particularly worrying as the majority of the 11,000 competitors will be staying there.
IOC President Thomas Bach, facing unprecedented opposition to an Olympics days before it starts, acknowledged the concerns in the Japanese public but urged them to welcome the athletes.
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