FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Doha 2019 - Men's 200 Metres Semi Final - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - September 30, 2019 Jamaica's Yohan Blake reacts after his semi final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
(Reuters) - Olympic champion sprinter Yohan Blake of Jamaica said he would rather miss the Tokyo Games than get the COVID-19 vaccine, although getting vaccinated will not be required of the athletes competing there this summer.
"My mind still stays strong, I don't want any vaccine, I'd rather miss the Olympics than take the vaccine, I am not taking it," he was quoted as saying in Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner.
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