The World's Number One Men's golfer Jason Day has withdrawn from the Australian team to compete at the Rio Olympics. This is the first time that golf has been offered as a Olympic sport. Day has cited concerns over the Zika virus as the reason for his decision.
Ua le tauva Jason Day i taaloga o le Olympics i Rio.
O Jason Day o loo i le tulaga muamua o le golf a alii i le lalolagi ma sa tele le f/moemoe o se tasi lenei o pine 'auro a Ausetalia i Rio.
Na ta'ua e Day, o loo iai lona popolega i lona aafia i le vairasi o le Zika ma afaina ai se pepe e ono faaopoopo i le la fanau ma lona to'alua.
O le taimi muamua lenei i le 127 tausaga o le Olympics ua faia ai se tauvaga o le golf.
O isi ua faamaamulu mai le golf i Rio ona o le Zika, e aofia Marc Leishman o Ausetalia fo'i, Rory McIlroy o Ireland, Branden Grace o Aferika i Saute, ma Tim Wilkinson o NZ.
O Jason Day ua toa 2 lana fanau, ma na ia ta'ua e faamuamua lona aiga i le golf ma le Olympics.
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"It was a very difficult decision to make obviously from representing your country but also having to put family first and make sure that is a priority of anything else, more so than golf and the Olympics."
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