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Tokyo – Two South Africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the athletes’ village in Tokyo – five days before the start of the Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, six athletes and two staff members from Team GB’s athletics team are self-isolating after being identified as close contacts of an individual who tested positive on their flight to Japan on July 16.
South Africa’s Football Association confirmed Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi as their positive cases.
A staff member guides a taxi at one of the entrances at the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo.
With less than a week before the opening ceremonies begin at this year s Tokyo games, at least two players on the South African soccer team
have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Olympic Village.
The two players, Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi, are the first athletes to test positive for the coronavirus at the site of the Olympic Village in the Japanese capital. A video analyst for the team, Mario Masha, also tested positive.
All three have been isolated, along with those who were in close contact with them.
US tennis star to miss Olympics after positive Covid-19 test
American tennis hopeful Cori Coco Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter she tested positive for coronavirus. CNN s Andy Scholes reports.
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American tennis hopeful Cori Coco Gauff will miss the Tokyo Olympics after announcing on Twitter Sunday she tested positive for Covid-19.
The 17-year-old is currently the 25th ranked woman in the world. It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics, and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future, Cori tweeted. I want to wish TEAM USA best of luck and a safe games for every Olympian and the entire Olympic family.
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Olympic cluster scare as athletes test positive in Village|
July 19, 2021
TOKYO: Two South African footballers and a video analyst have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony.
The cases further darkened a gloomy atmosphere around the 2020 Games, which will finally open after a year’s delay on Friday but remain widely opposed by the Japanese public.
Players Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi and analyst Mario Masha are in isolation after testing positive, Team South Africa said, adding that the whole delegation had been following anti-coronavirus rules.