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A Ugandan weightlifter who left the Tokyo Games Village unceremoniously has stated the reason for his action., quoting the Games officials, the 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko left a note saying his life back home in Uganda was too difficult and he wanted to work in Japan.

“He had failed to qualify for the Games after his arrival in Japan, and was due to fly back to Uganda on July 20, but he was last seen at a local station near his delegation’s hotel in Izumisano at 6:30 a.m. on Friday,” CNN stated. “The athlete purchased a Shinkansen bullet train ticket to Nagoya, about 200 kilometers away,” CNN quoted an Izumisano official as saying.

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