Field Hockey Canada is asking for an exemption from the federal government to help bring its junior women’s team home from South Africa.
The team is currently stuck in Potchefstroom, about 120 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg, because of shifting COVID-19 travel restrictions.
A statement from Field Hockey Canada says that athletes and staff have booked a flight out of Johannesburg on Wednesday, transiting through Germany.
However, the national organizing body says the team will not be allowed to board the flight in South Africa because Canada is now requiring them to have a negative PCR test in a third country.
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