(UTV | COLOMBO) – Australia’s women’s softball team became the first international athletes to arrive in Japan for the Olympics when they flew into Tokyo on Tuesday.
The team will attend a training camp in the city of Ota before moving to the Athletes’ Village in Tokyo on 17 July.
All members of the delegation have been vaccinated against Covid-19 and will be tested for the virus every day.
The Games are scheduled to begin on 23 July despite Japan battling a surge in coronavirus cases.
While in Ota the Australia squad, who all tested negative for the virus upon arrival in the country, will be confined to one floor of their hotel and will only be able to leave the building to train.
