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Reports: Missing Uganda weightlifter spotted on camera

Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has apparently been spotted on a security camera at the station.[photo courtesy]

A man resembling Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has reportedly been spotted on a surveillance camera at JR Nagoya Station, around 200km from where he was staying. 

Ssekitoleko went missing from his pre-Olympic training camp in Izumisano City on Friday after he failed to qualify for the Games after his arrival in Japan and was due to fly back to Uganda today (July 20).

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