Australian Olympic track and field team in isolation over COVID-19 scare

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The Australian Olympic track and field team has been put into isolation in Tokyo after two-time pole vault champion Sam Kendricks from the United States tested positive to COVID-19.

Kendricks' father posted on social media that his son had no symptoms but was informed while in Tokyo that he had tested positive and was out of the competition."In alignment with local rules and protocols, he has been transferred to a hotel to be placed in isolation," the US Olympic Committee said.Members of the Australian team - including reigning Commonwealth pole vault champion Kurtis Marschall - are isolating in their rooms in the village as a precautionary measure.

The track and field program gets underway in Tokyo on Friday morning, with the opening round of the men's pole vault scheduled for Saturday. His battle with world record holder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden was expected to have been one of the highlights of the track and field program.Olympics organisers earlier on Thursday announced 24 new coronavirus cases related to the Tokyo Games in their daily report.

 

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