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Missing Ugandan lifter seen wearing India kit

Updated on: 23 July,2021 08:15 AM IST  |  Tokyo
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Ssekitoleko, 20, who was found in central Japan, was seen clad in a red track top with India written on the back at the Narita airport in a report

Missing Ugandan lifter seen wearing India kit

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The Indian officialdom in Tokyo was left flummoxed on Thursday when Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko, who was sent back to his country four days after he fled during training, was seen wearing an India track jacket at the airport.


Ssekitoleko, 20, who was found in central Japan, was seen clad in a red track top with India written on the back at the Narita airport in a report aired by NTV channel here.


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