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Jul 30, 2021 | 5:44 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago long jumper Andwuelle Wright and 400 metres hurdler Sparkle Ann McKnight have been withdrawn from the Tokyo Games after they tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s Olympic committee said on Friday.
The duo, along with athletics coach Wendell Williams who also tested positive for the coronavirus, have been moved into a quarantine facility, the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee said in a statement.
The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago did not immediately respond to questions over whether other members of the team have been impacted as close contacts – or moved into isolation – as a result.
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Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Senior Team interim head coach Angus Eve called on Concacaf to ‘make an example’ of Mexico, after national footballers and officials were besieged with obscene, abusive messages, racist taunts and death threats, following the goalless draw between the two nations on 10 July 2021.
Mexico, the defending Gold Cup champions, could not find a way past the spirited Soca Warriors at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, while they lost their best player, Napoli attacker Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano, to injury in the 10th minute after a bump by Trinidad and Tobago defender Alvin Jones inadvertently se