Albanian team arrives in Tokyo / The Albanian delegation consists of 9 athletes

9 Albanian athletes with Prime Minister Rama while departing for Tokyo 2020

 9 Athletes will participate in the sports mission of Albania in the Olympic Games "Tokyo 2020" in 6 different disciplines.

Extreme measures against the Covid 19 pandemic on the eve of the Olympic Games. The first delegations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will start on August 23 in the Japanese capital, have started arriving in Tokyo this morning.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, a part of the Albanian delegation arrived there after 19 hours of flight. They are gymnast Matvei Petrov, Coach Alon Hasa, Head of Mission Kliton Muca Administrative Staff Luna Methasani.

The main problem and the keyword for these Olympic Games is exactly the pandemic and the strict measures against Covid 19. The red and black staff was forced to perform 2 health checks at the airport for about 5 hours other than travel, 2 PCR tests 96 and 72 hours before the flight, and 2 doses of Pfizer Biontech vaccination one month earlier.

The second part of the Albanian group that leaves for the Olympics is that of judo athlete Indrit Cullhaj and his coach Shkurt Cullhaj.