Egyptian Wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim Kesho lost to Ukrainian Parviz Nasibov 6-7 to fail to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics final of the Greco-roman 67kg category .
The Egyptian wrestler lost in the last minute to lost his hope in achieving a gold medal, but still has a chance in competing on a bronze medal as he will clash against Georgian champion on a bronze medal.
It is worth mentioning that eighteen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total since the start of July to 294, Kyodo reported Tuesday quoting games organizers.
One of the newly confirmed cases is a Greek artistic swimmer, who was staying in the athletes' village, the organizers said. Of the others, 10 are contractors, five are games-related officials, one a volunteer and another a member of the media.
Of the total, 12 are residents of Japan, they said. The figures exclude those announced by central and local governments in Japan.
Compared with recent record coronavirus cases in Tokyo and across the country, the number of Olympic-related cases reported by the organizers remains low, with officials repeatedly stressing that participants of the games observing strict COVID-19 rules are living in a "parallel world" in the Japanese capital.
The Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee also said 41,997 people from abroad had entered Japan for the games as of Sunday. (MENA)
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