Several athletes are going to represent their country Tokyo Olympics In the past few days, people have tested positive for COVID-19 because there is growing concern that the virus will spread during the game.
Other athletes are also forced Self-isolation After contacting people who subsequently tested positive, the city is preparing for the game to start on Friday.
Although held in 2021, the game officially named Tokyo 2020 was postponed for 12 months after the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world last spring.
Organizers postponed the competition to allow athletes from all over the world to participate in the competition, but in recent days, many participants have been forced to withdraw or quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, but not all of them have been named.
Which athletes have tested positive for COVID-19?
According to data released by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 58 people (most of them are Japanese officials) have tested positive for the virus since participants started arriving in the country earlier this month.
The last athlete who tested positive was Unknown Junior Gymnast A member of the US team, she was confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 at a training camp outside Tokyo on Monday morning.
The city officials also announced on Monday that after the aforementioned test was positive, another unnamed member of the US gymnastics team has been placed on standby after being identified as a close contact.
The gymnast’s positive result was announced on the second day of 17-year-old American team star and tennis player Coco Gauff. Unplug The game after the test is positive. It is not clear whether Goff traveled to Japan before discovering the results.
After the news of her positive test came out, Goff posted on social media: “I am disappointed to share the news that I tested positive for the new crown virus and was unable to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
“It has always been my dream to represent the United States in competitions Olympic Games, I hope there will be more opportunities to make this a reality in the future. “
On Sunday, athletes in the Tokyo Olympic Village also had their first positive case, as two South African football players Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. The first case in the Olympic Village was an official who tested positive on Saturday.
On Monday, the third athlete tested positive in the Olympic Village because it has been confirmed that Ondřej Perušič, a beach volleyball player in the Czech Republic, has been infected with COVID-19.
According to the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a foreign athlete and five Olympic officials tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday because the unnamed participant must complete a 14-day quarantine before being allowed to participate in the Olympics.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that the athlete’s positive test was “the first time it was discovered that a foreign athlete staying in or going to a facility managed by the organizing committee was infected with the coronavirus.”
Although they have not yet tested positive for themselves, the six GB (UK) team participants and two staff members were forced to self-quarantine after contacting people who later tested positive in Japan.
After they flew to Japan last week, 14 members A member of the South African men’s rugby team was also forced to self-quarantine after contacting someone who later tested positive.
Which athletes withdrew from the event due to COVID-19 before travelling to Tokyo?
Last month, several athletes withdrew from the event after testing positive due to COVID-19 and Injured.
British women’s number one Johanna Konta (Johanna Konta) withdrew from the Olympics last week due to testing positive and the impact of the virus and interrupted training.
Australia’s number one male player, Alex Deminar, quit after testing positive before flying to Tokyo, while the number one British male player, Dan Evans, was confirmed to have contracted the virus before heading to Japan. Later, I had to quit.
Tokyo is currently experiencing an increase in the number of positive tests and was placed in a fourth emergency state in June after the increase in COVID-19 cases. According to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, approximately 1,008 positive tests were confirmed in the city on Sunday.
Tokyo’s hosting of the Olympics has caused controversy in the past few weeks, as a recent poll conducted by a Japanese newspaper found that 68% of people said they were concerned about whether the organizers could control the COVID-19 infection with more people influx. Expressed doubts. More than 11,000 athletes.
The survey also found that 55% of respondents were completely opposed to holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo, while about three-quarters of the 1,444 respondents said that the decision to ban spectators from participating in the event was correct.
Nevertheless, after a number of cases occurred over the weekend, Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), insisted that the Olympic Games to be held from July 23 to 8 will be “safe and reliable.”
Weekly newspaper The International Olympic Committee has been contacted for comments.
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