Team Ireland Olympic camps unaffected by spate of withdrawals

Forty municipalities in Japan have decided against hosting pre-Games camps or cultural exchanges as concerns over Covid-19 continue to cast doubt over this summer's Olympics

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has confirmed that none of their four pre-Games training venues are among the 40 or so municipalities to have withdrawn as hosts for visiting teams this summer.

The Japanese news outlet Nikkei has reported the number of withdrawals today although that still leaves 488 towns and cities that remain willing to accept their visitors at a time when concerns over another Covid-19 wave in Japan are rising.