Posted on 07/18/2021 5:53:38 AM PDT by dynachrome
The missing 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko was training as part of the nine-member Ugandan team in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, city officials said.
Teammates realized the athlete was absent around noon Friday when his saliva test sample was not delivered and they found his hotel room empty, city officials said. There was no training Friday morning and he was last seen in his room in the early hours of Friday.
After failing to find him inside the hotel, officials notified police for a broader search.
Media reports said Ssekitoleko, who did not meet Olympic standards in the latest international rankings, was to return home next week. Kyodo News agency said he left a note saying he wanted to stay in Japan and work.
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Want to bet he’s going to wind up in the USA?
Japan has little violent crime.Perhaps he’s a defector or an economic refugee.
“defector or an economic refugee.”
Japan doesn’t play that game.
Korombo.
On a side note: Isn’t it interesting that saliva samples are in use and not nasal swabs....
Now why could that be...? 🤔
It might be the ONLY shot he's had. Who knows how many times he's been abroad?
Well, we have one former Olympian whose been a broad at least once.
His only shot at blending in will be to head to Okinawa and don a US Army uniform.
NBA gets a new player.
That happened to a high school friend of my brother. He found out the hard way that Japanese attitudes toward a first offense for a few joints were not as easy going as in much of the US. After six months in prison though, he knew Japanese — and even married a Japanese girl in the US who keeps him on track.
That last sentence kinda lifts the mystery the preceding paragraphs build up.
Yes he should stand out in the general Japanese population.
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