French swimmers 1st to arrive in Japan for Paralympics

Members of the French swimming team on Tuesday became the first group of athletes to arrive in Japan for the Tokyo Paralympics since the games were postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The team of 13, including eight athletes, will have a pre-Paralympic training camp in the central city of Kanazawa, with officials confirming they have all tested negative for COVID-19 following their arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo.Asked about the possibility of canceling the games due to surging COVID-19 cases in Tokyo, now under a state of emergency, Japan's Olympic minister Tamayo Mar…READ FULL ARTICLE