Haiti table tennis
Haitian table tennis players posing for a picture. Photo via Haiti-Tempo

Haiti’s table tennis team will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because the players didn’t receive their visas in time to travel to Argentina for the qualifiers played last week. 

In a public statement, the Haitian Table Tennis Federation said the visas from the Argentina Consul came two days before the qualifiers, held Apr. 13 to Apr. 17. The federation said they applied for visas two weeks before the qualifiers. They weren’t able to book a flight after receiving the visas two days before the qualifiers. Source

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