“I’m not really too worried about it, going in,” said Hocker, a Cathedral High School graduate.
Swimmer Michael Andrew, who qualified in three individual events, previously said he was not vaccinated. The International Olympic Committee has not required the 10,000 athletes to be vaccinated.
The Hocker news comes on a day when the fragile nature of the pandemic-plagued Olympics was underscored. U.S. tennis player Coco Gauff tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing her out of the Olympics. An alternate on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, Kara Eaker, 18, tested positive for the virus. She is quarantining in a hotel, according to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.