The southern Pacific island nation of Samoa has withdrawn its weightlifting team from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country's Olympic committee said Thursday.Radio New Zealand reported earlier that Samoa's government had decided the previous day to withdraw the nation from the games entirely due to the number of new virus cases Japan is logging each day.Patrick Fepulea'i, president of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee, said in a statement that three athletes comprising the country's weightlifting team who are currently based in…READ FULL ARTICLE
