Rwandan marathon runner thrown off Tokyo 2020 team for breaking COVID-19 rules

July 1, 2021

Rwandan marathon runner Félicien Muhitira has been thrown off the country’s team for the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo after breaching COVID-19 rules at a training camp.

The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC) said Muhitira had left the camp in at a hotel in Nyamata without the permission of his coach and the organisation. Inside the Games