Tokyo Olympics might be performed from July 23 to August 8.
Chilean Taekwondo participant Fernanda Aguirre was on Wednesday dominated out of the Olympics after she examined optimistic for COVID-19 on arriving on the airport right here, her nation’s Olympic physique stated. “Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for Covid-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee stated in a press release. Aguirre travelled to Tokyo from Uzbekistan with destructive COVID report however examined optimistic in each the antigen and PCR checks performed on the airport right here, following which she was quarantined at a chosen facility.
“The athlete is asymptomatic and in good health, but unfortunately she will not be able to compete in this event because the Japanese health authorities impose a quarantine of at least 10 days,” the Chile NOC said.
The Taekwondo occasion will get underway on Saturday. Her coach Jose Zapata has additionally been quarantined regardless of destructive checks as he was deemed a detailed contact. Aguirre was one of many eight COVID-19 instances amongst Games-related personnel revealed by the organising committee on Wednesday.
Before Aguirre, 5 athletes, three of them residing on the Games village, had been discovered to be contaminated by the virus however none of them on arrival on the airport. The whole variety of Games-related COVID-cases have risen to 75 with the addition of eight instances on Wednesday. The COVID-hit Olympics will open on Friday and can go on until August 8 with none spectators.
