FILE PHOTO: Ian Chesterman, Australia's chef de mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, listens to a question during a media conference in Sydney, Australia, August 24, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Australian Olympic Committee will leave it to the country's rugby and football federations to investigate and punish the "unacceptable" drunken behaviour of players on a flight home from Tokyo, Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman said on Wednesday.
Chesterman said he was "deeply disappointed" by the incidents on Thursday's Japan Airlines (JAL) flight, which involved excessive drinking, refusing to wear masks, ignoring cabin crew and one incident of an athlete vomiting in a toilet.
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