Tokyo: Three players withdraws after positive tests

Three athletes belonging to three different countries were ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 here on Wednesday, less than two days before the showpiece opens amid mounting health safety concerns.

Chilean Taekwondo player Fernanda Aguirre, Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs and Czech TT player Pavel Sirucek were on Wednesday forced to withdraw from their respective events and placed in quarantine.

Aguirre tested positive in an on-arrival test at the airport here, while Jacobs’ and Sirucek’s results were revealed at the Games village, taking the total number of cases at the high-security facility to seven.

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.

Jacobs posted a message on her Instagram page to announce that her Olympic campaign was now over.

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