Julius Ssekitoleko, a 20-year-old Ugandan athlete who went missing in Tokyo before the start of the Olympics , left a note before disappearing expressing concerns about going back to his country. According to CNN, the weightlifter said in his note that Uganda was too difficult and he wishes to work in Japan. He also made a request in his note for the members of his delegation to send his belongings back to his wife. Ssekitoleko, who was scheduled to fly back to Uganda on July 20, after failing to qualify for the Games, was last seen at a local station near his delegation's hotel in the city of Izumisano on Friday. City officials said the Olympic hopeful bought a bullet train ticket to Nagoya, about two hours away from where the Ugandan team was staying. Officials first noticed Ssekitoleko's absence when they went to his hotel around noon on Friday to receive a COVID-19 test sample, Kyodo News reported . Earlier that morning, the athlete answered a phone call from an official in...
