Liberia might not send athletes to Olympics over cost and Zika


MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia might not send athletes to the Rio Olympics because of lack of cash and fears about the Zika virus, according to a letter from the finance ministry.

Liberia, which is itself struggling to end a deadly two-year-old outbreak of the Ebola virus, has never won an Olympic medal. It had planned to send around 20 people to the games, about half of them athletes.

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