Johannesburg – South Africa Under-23 Olympic team has suffered a huge blow following the withdrawal of five players due to various medical reasons.
Players released from camp are Lyle Foster, Fagrie Lakay, Abbubaker Mobara, Sipho Mbule and Keletso Makgalwa, a standby player.
The changes in the camp comes a week after SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) announced the final Under-23 Men’s Olympic squad for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games to take place from July 22 to August 8.
South Africa is in Group A together with hosts Japan who they play on July 22 at the Tokyo Stadium and France who they meet at Saitama Stadium on July 25. The Under-23s will then round off their group stage matches against Mexico at the Sapporo Dome on July 28.
Coach David Notoane will announce replacements soon.
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