The Tokyo Olympics sports programme finally opened after a year's pandemic delay with softball in disaster-hit Fukushima on Wednesday as the Games suffered their first drugs controversy. Australian reports said Kermond did not travel to Tokyo with the rest of the team. "Mr. Kermond is prohibited from participating in any WADA-compliant event, including the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while the provisional suspension is in place," Equestrian Australia said. No 'zero risk'Meanwhile World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the International Olympic Committee session that the Games could never be "zero risk". "There is no zero risk in life; there is only more risk, or less risk.

Source: News 24 July 21, 2021 04:41 UTC