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| Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
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Members of the Australian athletics team are isolating at the Tokyo Olympics after close contact with American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, who has tested positive for Covid-19.
Kendricks, the reigning world champion, has been ruled out of the Games.
The Australian Olympic Committee said in a statement that athletes are isolating in their rooms as a “precautionary measure” and are undergoing testing procedures.
The athletics starts on Friday.
Kendricks, 28, won Olympic bronze in Rio five years ago and had been expected to contend for a medal in Tokyo.
He won the world pole vault title in 2017 and 2019.
“In alignment with local rules and protocols, he has been transferred to a hotel to be placed in isolation,” the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC)…
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