Olympics: South African Footballers Test Positive For COVID-19

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South African footballers Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi have become the first athletes to test positive for COVID-19 at the Olympic Village for

Monyane and Mahlatsi have not been formally identified by Tokyo 2020, but organisers had confirmed the infected competitors were from the same country and same sport.

Another unnamed athlete has also tested positive upon arrival in the Japanese capital, Tokyo 2020 said, but they are not a resident of the Village. The development will cause considerable concern at Tokyo 2020 and the IOC, which has claimed the Village will be the “safest place” in the Japanese capital, and comes with less than a week until the July 23 Opening Ceremony.A video analyst working for the South African team, which is due to open its Olympic campaign against Japan at Tokyo Stadium on Thursday , has also tested positive.

 

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