AN Australian athlete has examined constructive for Covid on the eve of the Paris Olympics.
The unnamed athlete is a member of the ladies’s water polo group.
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Workforce govt Anna Meares stated: “This can be a high-performance atmosphere, so we’re being diligent, however I would like to stress we’re treating Covid no completely different to different bugs just like the flu – this isn’t Tokyo.
“The athlete isn’t significantly unwell and they’re nonetheless coaching, however sleeping in a single room – the entire group will prepare right this moment as deliberate.
“We have been capable of get a very good deal with on what could be going about.
“What was very constructive about this case and this athlete was that they adopted the protocols and on the first signal of signs they acted responsibly and introduced themselves to the medical group to be examined.”
Meares added {that a} “couple” of unnamed Australian group officers have chilly and flu signs.
They’re being handled by the group’s medical employees.
Australia’s girls’s water polo stars start their Video games in opposition to China on Saturday night.
The primary occasions are as a result of begin tomorrow forward of Friday’s opening ceremony.
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For the primary time ever, the standard kick-off occasion won’t happen in a stadium.
As an alternative, it’s going to run alongside the banks of the Seine.
Some athletes have been utilizing a preferred kitchen staple in a bid to spice up their performances.
Workforce GB bosses are brewing up an Olympic medal storm – boosted by almost 50,000 TEA luggage.
To ensure they miss none of their residence comforts, group chiefs have left no stone unturned with an astonishing listing of provisions for snacks and drinks.
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It consists of greater than 47,000 English Breakfast tea luggage, 200 huge bins of cornflakes, greater than 1,000 bins of muesli, 22,000 cereal bars and slightly below 1,000 luggage of dried mango.
The logistics train comes as athletes in the primary Olympic Village have been instructed that Huge Macs are OFF the menu.
As an alternative of the Golden Arches of McDonald’s, now not a part of the “Olympic household”, two Michelin starred cooks shall be getting ready meals.
Excellent news for many who fancy high-end French delicacies, much less so for many who fancy 20 McNuggets and fries.
