The Tokyo Tower is seen through a bus window on July 15, 2021, in Tokyo. The pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics open on July 23 without spectators at most venues. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

       TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A missing Ugandan athlete in western Japan has missed qualification for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and was due to return home on Tuesday, the team's head said Friday.

       Beatrice Ayikoru, the chef de mission of the delegation, said the team is cooperating with local officials to try and locate Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old weightlifter, who went missing in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.

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