LAUSANNE, Switzerland — North Korea’s qualification places for next month’s Tokyo Olympics were reallocated on Tuesday after it decided not to attend the Games, the International Olympic Committee said.
North Korea said in April it would not be attending the Olympics due to coronavirus concerns, dealing a blow to the IOC’s efforts to have 206 national Olympic committees, including both North and South Korea, at the Games in Japan.
“In April they (North Korea) held a general assembly and there was a decision at the time,” James Macleod, the IOC’s director of Olympic solidarity, told a virtual news conference.
“The problem was they did not inform us officially. We had a lot …
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