BOA CHAIRMAN INSISTS TO TOKYO 2020 THAT TEAM GB WILL PRESENT NO RISK TO JAPAN
Team GB are currently attempting to persuade Tokyo 2020 that it will be safe for them to compete, after reports that Japan was threatening to add Britain to a 'red list' of countries due to an increase in the spread of coronavirus variants.
The BOA have said that so far 86 per cent of Britain’s 300-plus Olympic team due to compete in the Japanese capital have received at least one vaccine dose.
In a letter sent to the President of Tokyo 2020 Seiko Hashimoto in June, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sir Hugh Robertson said that Team GB athletes and staff were "doing everything possible to minimise risk" in the lead-up to the Olympic Games.
Robertson promised the hosts that the BOA would "do everything we can to get the entire team fully vaccinated before we depart for Japan."
At the end of June, it was revealed that while the UK was not going to be added to any kind of 'red list', there was still going to be an enhanced screening process for all athletes, officials and staff put in place.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam are also affected because of high rates of new variant coronavirus circulation.