30 found COVID positive in SAI tests at Patiala, Bengaluru; no Olympic-bound athlete in list
3 years, 9 months ago

30 found COVID positive in SAI tests at Patiala, Bengaluru; no Olympic-bound athlete in list

India TV News  

Thirty sportspersons and support staff across disciplines were found to be COVID-19 positive after 741 precautionary tests were conducted at the National Centres of Excellence in Patiala and Bengaluru, the Sports Authority of India said on Wednesday. India's men's boxing chief coach CA Kuttappa and shot put coach Mohinder Singh Dhillon are among those who have tested positive for the virus in the recent drive at the National Institute of Sports, a SAI source confirmed to PTI. "Keeping the safety of Olympic-bound athletes, coaches and support staff in mind, the SAI conducted precautionary RT-PCR tests at National Centre of Excellence in Patiala and Bengaluru. The 16 positive result include 10 boxers and six track and field athletes, the SAI source said.

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Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise, says WHO
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise, says WHO

The Hindu  

More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Australian medal hope Lani Pallister pulled out of the women’s 1500m freestyle after falling ill. Data from 84 countries shows that the percentage of positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that …

Olympics see 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise: WHO
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics see 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise: WHO

New Indian Express  

GENEVA: More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Australian medal hopes Lani Pallister pulled out of the women's 1500m freestyle after falling ill. Data from 84 countries shows that the percentage of positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that …

CWG 2022: A Dozen Covid-19 Cases Testing Positive Everyday; Medical Advisor Says Nothing To Worry
2 years, 5 months ago

CWG 2022: A Dozen Covid-19 Cases Testing Positive Everyday; Medical Advisor Says Nothing To Worry

News 18  

About a dozen athletes are expected to test positive for COVID-19 on a daily basis at the Games Village but that’s not very alarming, assured Commonwealth Games medical advisor Dr Peter Harcourt. “About a dozen a day are returning positive but 1200-1400 athletes go through COVID-19 testing process everyday. If there’s a history of COVID, then the vaccination status of …

India vs West Indies: Dhawan, Shreyas, Ruturaj, Saini test positive for COVID-19, Mayank added to squad
2 years, 11 months ago

India vs West Indies: Dhawan, Shreyas, Ruturaj, Saini test positive for COVID-19, Mayank added to squad

Firstpost  

The other three along with Navdeep Saini who tested positive for the virus are non-playing members — fielding coach T Dilip, security liaison officer B Lokesh and masseur Rajeev Kumar. A COVID-19 outbreak hit the Indian cricket team on Wednesday as three main players — senior opener Shikhar Dhawan, reserve opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer — tested …

Australian Olympic athlete tests positive for COVID-19, alpine skier ruled out of Games with knee injury
2 years, 11 months ago

Australian Olympic athlete tests positive for COVID-19, alpine skier ruled out of Games with knee injury

ABC  

Australia's Winter Olympics team have been hit by a positive COVID-19 test while alpine skier Madi Hoffman will miss the Games after suffering a serious knee injury. Key points: The unidentified Australian athlete is isolating after testing positive on arrival at Beijing airport and is awaiting a second test If the second test returns a negative result the athlete may …

COVID-19 outbreak at SAI Bengaluru; 33 test positive including 16 hockey players
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak at SAI Bengaluru; 33 test positive including 16 hockey players

Firstpost  

Majority of them are asymptomatic and all of them have been isolated, SAI said but did not divulge the identities of those infected Bengaluru: Sixteen members of the senior men’s hockey team were among the 33 COVID-19 cases detected on Friday at the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence here. “16 athletes and one coach from the Senior …

SAI to shut down training centres amid rise in COVID-19 cases but camps for elite athletes to continue
3 years ago

SAI to shut down training centres amid rise in COVID-19 cases but camps for elite athletes to continue

Firstpost  

The Sports Authority of India on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising COVID-19 cases but national camps for elite athletes will continue in bio-bubbles. New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising …

SAI to Shut Down 67 Training Centres Due to Rise in COVID-19 Cases But Camps for Elite Athletes to Continue
3 years ago

SAI to Shut Down 67 Training Centres Due to Rise in COVID-19 Cases But Camps for Elite Athletes to Continue

News 18  

The Sports Authority of India on Monday announced taht it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising COVID-19 cases. “In view of rising cases of COVID-19, the Sports Authority of India has decided to close the 67 SAI Training centres across the country,” the SAI said in a statement. The training camps for …

Indian Open 2022: B Sai Praneeth withdraws from tournament after testing positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Indian Open 2022: B Sai Praneeth withdraws from tournament after testing positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

Top Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth, who won the 2019 World Championships bronze medal, on Sunday pulled out of the season-opening India Open Super 500 tournament after testing positive for COVID-19. I hope I can get back to court quickly.” Badminton Association of India general secretary Ajay Singhania also confirmed Praneeth’s withdrawal from the $400,000 tournament. Another Indian player, double …

Seven members of Bengal team test positive for Covid-19 ahead of Ranji Trophy
3 years ago

Seven members of Bengal team test positive for Covid-19 ahead of Ranji Trophy

The Hindu  

Ahead of the Ranji Trophy, seven members of the Bengal team have tested positive for COVID-19. Sportstar understands that six cricketers - Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Geet Puri, Pradipta Pramanik, Surajit Yadav - and assistant coach Sourasish Lahiri have contracted the virus and are currently in isolation. "Keeping in mind the current pandemic situation, the Cricket Association …

Sprinter Hima Das tests positive for COVID-19, currently 'stable and in isolation'
3 years, 3 months ago

Sprinter Hima Das tests positive for COVID-19, currently 'stable and in isolation'

Firstpost  

Das, 21, reported to the national camp at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala recently. Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das, who is making a comeback from a hamstring injury, on Wednesday revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19 but is stable in isolation. “A gentle reminder for everyone to stay safe and wear mask.” Das could not make …

How Tokyo Olympic organizers managed to keep COVID-19 mostly in check
3 years, 5 months ago

How Tokyo Olympic organizers managed to keep COVID-19 mostly in check

LA Times  

A couple take a photo at Symbol Promenade Park in July. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach lauded the measures in his wrap-up news conference: “All the figures are confirming that this concept of anti-coronavirus measures have worked.” In all, 436 people linked to the Olympics tested positive for COVID-19 in Japan since July 1. “The Games obviously won’t occur …

16 new Olympics-related COVID-19 cases, but no athlete and none from Games Village
3 years, 5 months ago

16 new Olympics-related COVID-19 cases, but no athlete and none from Games Village

India TV News  

The Olympic Games organisers announced 16 new COVID-19 cases associated with the event on Wednesday but none of them were athletes. It is for the first time in four days that no COVID-19 cases were reported among Olympic athletes. The total number cases in the Games village currently stands at 19. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were …

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 4 new Covid-19 cases in Games village, two of them athletes
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 4 new Covid-19 cases in Games village, two of them athletes

India Today  

The Tokyo Olympics organisers on Tuesday announced that four residents of the Olympic Games village, including two athletes, are among the seven new Covid-19 cases reported. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday following Rojer''s the positive test result. …

Dutch tennis player tests positive for COVID, organizers announce 16 new cases at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Dutch tennis player tests positive for COVID, organizers announce 16 new cases at Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 even as the organisers announced 16 new infections at the ongoing Games here on Monday. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chilean taekwondo player out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chilean taekwondo player out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Chilean Taekwondo player Fernanda Aguirre was on Wednesday ruled out of the Olympics after she tested positive for COVID-19 on arriving at the airport in Tokyo, her country’s Olympic body said. “Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for COVID-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement. Aguirre travelled to …

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 1st case of volunteer testing positive for Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 1st case of volunteer testing positive for Covid-19

India Today  

The Tokyo Olympic organisers on Tuesday announced the first case of a Games volunteer testing positive for COVID-19 along with seven more contractors associated with the event here. On Monday, Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic became the third athlete at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for COVID-19, while an American alternate woman gymnast training in Chiba prefecture …

Olympic athletes test positive in Tokyo days before Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympic athletes test positive in Tokyo days before Games

Associated Press  

TOKYO — A third athlete at the Olympic Village in Tokyo has tested positive for COVID-19, with the Czech Republic team reporting the case Monday of a beach volleyball player who could miss his first game. Perušič, who said he has been vaccinated, is the second member of the Czech delegation to test positive in Tokyo after a team official’s …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic tests positive in Games village
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic tests positive in Games village

India Today  

Czech Republic Olympic team has confirmed that their beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic has tested positive for Covid-19 in the Games Village in Tokyo on Monday. On Saturday, the Czech Olympic Committee reported a staff member had tested positive for Covid-19 upon landing in Tokyo for the Games starting on Friday. Perusic's case appears to be the fourth in the …

Tokyo Olympics: United States gymnast tests positive for Covid-19 at pre-training camp in Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: United States gymnast tests positive for Covid-19 at pre-training camp in Japan

India Today  

A female gymnast is the latest Olympic athlete to test positive for Covid-19, officials said on Monday. The gymnast from the United States, a teenager, tested positive during her pre-Tokyo Olympic training camp in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture. Another gymnast has been forced to enter isolation at a hotel room after she was found to be in close …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: 3 more Games-related cases detected, none athlete, confirm organisers
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: 3 more Games-related cases detected, none athlete, confirm organisers

India Today  

A day after three sportspersons, two of them staying at the athletes Village, tested positive for the virus, the Games organisers confirmed that one Olympics concerned personnel and a contractor were among three Covid-19 cases detected on Monday. Their identities were not revealed by the organisers but the South African Football Association issued a statement to make that information clear. …

Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances
3 years, 5 months ago

Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Two South African soccer players became the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19, and other cases connected to the Tokyo Games were also confirmed Sunday, highlighting the herculean task organizers face to keep the virus contained while the world’s biggest sports event plays out. The two soccer players and a team video analyst …

Tokyo Olympics: Six British athletes isolating under COVID-19 protocols
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Six British athletes isolating under COVID-19 protocols

The Hindu  

Six British track and field athletes and two staff members have been forced to isolate after being identified as close contacts to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19 on their flight to Japan, the BOA confirmed on Sunday. "The British Olympic Association can confirm that six athletes and two staff members from the athletics team, who through no fault …

Six British Olympic athletes identified as contacts of Covid passenger on their plane to Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Six British Olympic athletes identified as contacts of Covid passenger on their plane to Japan

Daily Mail  

Six British Olympic athletes and two team staff are self-isolating in their hotel rooms in Tokyo after being identified as close contacts of a passenger who subsequently tested positive for coronavirus on their plane to Japan, the British Olympic Association has announced. A spokesperson for the British Olympic Association said: 'The BOA can confirm that six athletes and two staff …

Tokyo Olympics: South Africa football team confirms three COVID-19 positive cases
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: South Africa football team confirms three COVID-19 positive cases

The Hindu  

South Africa has confirmed three positive COVID-19 cases in its football squad to take part at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, including players Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi. Video analyst Mario Masha also tested positive on arrival in Tokyo as the team prepares to face host Japan on Thursday. READ | Tokyo Olympics: Japan football team captain Yoshida asks to …

COVID-19 scare at Olympics: Three athletes test positive for COVID-19, two staying at Olympic Village
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 scare at Olympics: Three athletes test positive for COVID-19, two staying at Olympic Village

The Hindu  

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Games Organising Committee announced on July 18, the development adding to the scepticism around the troubled event which opens on July 23. A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five “Games concerned personnel”, one contractor, and a journalist, according to …

Tokyo Olympics: Two athletes test COVID-19 positive in Games Village
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Two athletes test COVID-19 positive in Games Village

The Hindu  

Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organisers on Sunday also said another athlete had tested positive but this person was not residing in the Olympic Village. This athlete was also identified as “non-Japanese.” Also on Sunday, the first International Olympic Committee member …

Tokyo Olympics: South Korean IOC member Ryu tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: South Korean IOC member Ryu tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

An International Olympic Committee member from South Korea has tested positive for the novel coronavirus after arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games and has been isolated. "The IOC has been informed about the positive COVID-19 test result of IOC member Ryu Seung-min upon arrival in Japan," an IOC spokesperson told Reuters. Olympics organisers on Saturday reported the first case …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Two athletes in Olympic village test positive, say official
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Two athletes in Olympic village test positive, say official

India Today  

Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported three new cases of Covid-19 infection among athletes, up from one new case a day earlier, as the population of the athlete's village swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-hit Games next week. Another unnamed athlete has also tested positive upon arrival in the Japanese capital, Tokyo 2020 said, but they are not …

Two Athletes Test Positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village: Officials
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Athletes Test Positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village: Officials

News 18  

Two athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague was also infected, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony. The Olympic Village, a complex of apartments and dining areas in Tokyo, will house 6,700 athletes and officials at its peak when the delayed 2020 …

Tokyo Olympics: 3 South Africa football team members test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: 3 South Africa football team members test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo

India Today  

South Africa on Sunday confirmed 3 positive Covid-19 cases in their football squad at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Notably, South Africa men's team face hosts Japan in their group stage opener on Thursday, a day before the Games officially get underway in Tokyo. The news of South African footballers testing positive for Covid-19 comes hours after the Tokyo Olympics …

First resident of Olympic Village tests positive for COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

First resident of Olympic Village tests positive for COVID

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday. “In the current situation, that positive cases arise is something we must assume is possible,” said Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo organizing committee. IOC President Thomas Bach said this week there was “zero” risk of athletes in the …

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes' village, say organisers
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes' village, say organisers

India Today  

A person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics athletes' village, organisers said on Saturday, adding to concerns about infections at the Games which begin next week. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, is being held mostly without spectators and under tight quarantine rules. Several Covid-19 cases have emerged involving athletes …

Olympic Athlete Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Tokyo
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympic Athlete Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Tokyo

ABP News  

An unnamed athlete, whose identity was not disclosed, on Thursday, tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving for the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23, PTI reported. According to the latest COVID-19 Positive Case List published on Olympics.com, five other persons — four contractors from Japan and an official designated as a “Games-connected personnel” — have also tested positive. Meanwhile, the Australian …

Athlete Tests Positive for Covid-19 as Tokyo Olympics Opening Nears
3 years, 6 months ago

Athlete Tests Positive for Covid-19 as Tokyo Olympics Opening Nears

News 18  

An athlete in Japan and five Olympic workers, mostly contractors, have tested positive for coronavirus, Tokyo 2020 organisers said Thursday, just over a week before the opening ceremony. The news came as eight staff at a Japanese hotel hosting Brazil’s Olympic judo team tested positive, and a staff member from Russia’s rugby sevens team was hospitalised after a positive test. …

Firstpost Explains: Safety measures, COVID-19 outbreak — how organisers plan to hold Tokyo Olympics 2020 amid pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Firstpost Explains: Safety measures, COVID-19 outbreak — how organisers plan to hold Tokyo Olympics 2020 amid pandemic

Firstpost  

Some answers to look at ways Tokyo Olympics organisers will try to prevent infections among thousans of athletes. Tokyo: Tokyo’s Olympics will be like no other Games, with the spectre of coronavirus hanging over every part of the event, and organisers determined to prevent an outbreak. Here’s a look at some of the ways they’ll try to prevent infections among …

Two Team Visitors for 'Stay Home' Tokyo 2020 Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Two Team Visitors for 'Stay Home' Tokyo 2020 Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

Two visiting Olympic delegation members have tested positive for COVID-19, media said on Friday, underscoring the risk of holding the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games even after most spectators were banned from events. American 100 metres hurdles world record holder Kendra Harrison said not having fans present would make little difference in her bid to win a first Olympic medal. “You …

Two Workers in Tokyo Olympics Athletes' Village Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Two Workers in Tokyo Olympics Athletes' Village Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

Two staff workers at the Athletes’ Village of the Tokyo Olympic Games have tested positive for COVID-19 virus, just 16 days before the opening ceremony of the mega event on July 23, a media report said. “The pair tested positive last week and further investigations revealed they had been eating in a group with two other village workers — in …

Serbia Olympic Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Tokyo Airport
3 years, 6 months ago

Serbia Olympic Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Tokyo Airport

News 18  

An athlete with the Serbian Olympic team has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in Japan, less than three weeks before the Games, a host city official said Sunday. The member of the five-strong rowing team was found to have contracted the virus after a test at Tokyo’s Haneda airport upon arrival Saturday, according to an official of Nanto, a …

Olympic-bound Indian Contingent to Have Covid-19 Tests for 7 Days Prior to Departure to Tokyo
3 years, 6 months ago

Olympic-bound Indian Contingent to Have Covid-19 Tests for 7 Days Prior to Departure to Tokyo

News 18  

The COVID-19 tests of all members of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be conducted by SRL Diagnostics, the Indian Olympic Association said on Monday. IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta told PTI that all the Olympics-bound athletes and officials can now have RT-PCR tests for seven days prior to their departure for Tokyo at SRL Diagnostics laboratories …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Eight members of Ugandan team in quarantine after coach tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Eight members of Ugandan team in quarantine after coach tests positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

The nine-member delegation including boxers, coaches and officials, arrived on Saturday just over a month before the pandemic-postponed Games. Tokyo: Eight members of the Ugandan Olympic team have been quarantined in Japan until early July, a local official said Tuesday, after a coach tested positive for coronavirus on arrival last week. But despite being vaccinated and testing negative before travel, …

Olympic-bound race walker K.T. Irfan and four others return negative in second COVID test
3 years, 8 months ago

Olympic-bound race walker K.T. Irfan and four others return negative in second COVID test

The Hindu  

Olympic-bound race walker K.T. Irfan and four other elite track-and-field athletes have returned negative for COVID-19 in a confirmatory second test at Sports Authority of India's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, the nodal body said on Friday. A total of 16 tests were conducted on Friday, which included two steeplechase athletes, two male race walkers, a male middle and long …

Olympic-bound Race Walker KT Irfan and Four Others Return Negative in Second Covid Test
3 years, 8 months ago

Olympic-bound Race Walker KT Irfan and Four Others Return Negative in Second Covid Test

News 18  

Olympic-bound race walker KT Irfan and four other elite track-and-field athletes have returned negative for COVID-19 in a confirmatory second test at Sports Authority of India’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, the nodal body said on Friday. It was reported on Thursday that Irfan was among five athletes who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the SAI’s Centre of Excellence …

Olympic-bound Race Walker Irfan and Four Others Test Positive for COVID-19 in SAI Bengaluru
3 years, 8 months ago

Olympic-bound Race Walker Irfan and Four Others Test Positive for COVID-19 in SAI Bengaluru

News 18  

Olympic-bound race walker K T Irfan is among five elite track-and-field athletes who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sports Authority of India’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The official said another race walker could also have tested positive but this could not be confirmed. “Four male players and one female player and 4 support staff tested positive for …

Olympics-bound race walker Irfan tests positive for COVID-19 in SAI Bengaluru
3 years, 8 months ago

Olympics-bound race walker Irfan tests positive for COVID-19 in SAI Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Olympics-bound race walker K.T. RELATED| The source said another race walker could also have tested positive but this could not be confirmed. "Four male players and one female player and four support staff tested positive for COVID-19," a SAI source stated. RELATED| The SAI source also said one member of the hockey team training at the centre has tested positive. …

Olympic-bound race walker KT Irfan and four others test positive for COVID-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Olympic-bound race walker KT Irfan and four others test positive for COVID-19

India TV News  

Olympic-bound race walker K T Irfan is among five elite track-and-field athletes who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sports Authority of India's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The source said another race walker could also have tested positive but this could not be confirmed. "4 male players and 1 female player and 4 support staff tested positive for …

COVID failed to deter my confidence of doing well in Olympics: Navjot
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID failed to deter my confidence of doing well in Olympics: Navjot

Hindustan Times  

Having fully recovered from COVID-19, Indian women's hockey team forward Navjot Kaur on Monday said the deadly virus couldn't deter her confidence of doing well in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. File image of Navjot Kaur Navjot was among the seven women's team players, including skipper Rani Rampal, who had tested positive for the virus after returning to the national camp …

Indian Olympic-bound hockey teams receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Indian Olympic-bound hockey teams receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

The Hindu  

The seasoned P. R. Sreejesh led the way as the Olympic-bound Indian hockey teams on Thursday received their first dose of coronavirus vaccines in Bengaluru. "I got my first COVID-19 vaccine shot," Sreejesh, the experienced men's team goalkeeper who has also led the side in the past, tweeted. Recently, seven members of the Indian women's hockey team, including captain Rani …

SAI: Olympic-bound athletes can train in quarantine but grant of leave will be exception
3 years, 8 months ago

SAI: Olympic-bound athletes can train in quarantine but grant of leave will be exception

The Hindu  

The Sports Authority of India on Thursday said that the Olympic-qualified athletes will be allowed to practice and spar in quarantine before they join their respective national camps from a break at home or a competition trip but grant of leave will become an exception now. READ| ".in view of the need for Olympics-bound athletes to continue their training without …

Daily Coronavirus Tests for Athletes at Tokyo Olympics: Organisers
3 years, 8 months ago

Daily Coronavirus Tests for Athletes at Tokyo Olympics: Organisers

News 18  

Athletes and their close contacts will have daily coronavirus tests at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, organisers said Wednesday, up from a previous plan for tests every four days. “In principle, athletes and all those in close proximity with athletes will be tested daily to minimise the risk of undetected positive cases,” Tokyo 2020 said in a statement. In principle, athletes …

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