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Justin's International Desk: July 22, 2021

Justin's International Desk: July 22, 2021

Justin's International Desk: July 22, 2021 Justin's International Desk: July 22, 2021, 23.87 MB
Thursday, July 22, 2021

International Desk reports on Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko being found after going missing from his pre-training camp before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying in a note he wants to work in Japan.

This is not the first time that an Olympian defected during the Games, with more than half of the Hungarian delegation defecting to the West in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.

Justin spoke to Dr. Johanna Mellis of Ursinus College in Pennsylvania to find more.