GENEVA: Athletes from Ebola-hit countries in West Africa have been barred from competing in some sports in the Youth Olympics that open in China at the weekend, the International Olympic Committee and Chinese organizers said on Friday.
“Athletes from affected areas will not compete in combat sports and it was also decided that no athletes from the region would compete in the [swimming] pool,” they said in a statement.
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