Ugandan Weightlifter Is Missing in Japan Ahead of Tokyo Olympics – E! Online

One Olympic hopeful has actually apparently gone missing out on in Japan ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games. 

Officials started looking for Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko on Friday, July 16, after he didn’t kip down a saliva sample, according to the Associated Press by means of NBC News. City authorities stated he was last seen in his hotel space in the early hours of Friday early morning, however he was gone when they inspected the space around midday. The hotel apparently does not have 24-hour security. 

The 20-year-old professional athlete has actually been training as part of a nine-member group near Izumisano, Osaka, however no training was hung on Friday early morning, the AP reports. 

Katsunobu Kato, the chief cabinet secretary to the Japanese Prime Minister, informed The New York Times that cops have actually been advised to make an “all-out effort” to find Ssekitoleko.

He did not certify to take part in the Olympics and was set up to go back to Uganda on Tuesday, July 20, according to Salim Musoke, the president of the Uganda Weightlifting Federation, to the NYT. Musoke stated all the professional athletes had actually turned over their passports and called the hotel “well-guarded.”