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Athletes denied the chance of competing in gold medal matches at this year’s delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo due to positive COVID-19 tests will be replaced but will not leave empty-handed, it has been confirmed, reports insidethegames.biz.

International Olympic Committee sports director, Kit McConnell, said the contingency plans, outlined in the third edition of the “playbook”, aim to “keep the integrity of competition” and ensure athletes are not disqualified for contracting coronavirus.

“We have come up with key principles which we communicated last week at the IOC Executive Board meeting,” said McConnell. “Depending on the competition format and schedule, a replacement team would move into the empty space, for example the quarter-final or semi-final.

 

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