The 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics are coming, and Israel plans to be there with a full team.
Much of Japan is under a state of emergency due to a third wave of
COVID-19 infections, but organizers have vowed to press ahead with the
Games, which are due to open on July 23 after being postponed for a year
because of the pandemic.
Israel intends to have all its athletes due to compete at the Tokyo Olympics vaccinated against COVID-19 by May, its National Olympic Committee said last week, amid global debate over whether athletes should be given priority access in the rollout.
One of Israel's leading athletes, marathon champion Girmaw Amare, is ready to compete and aims to finish in the top three in his sport. He came to Israel with his parents in 2006 from a small village in Ethiopia.
Amare was interviewed last week by Israel's i24NEWS.
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