Yuto Horigome, of Japan, trains during a street skateboarding practice session at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 21 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
LONDON/ TOKYO Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill of Britain will miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she announced Wednesday.
The No. 1 in women s skeet said she tested positive Tuesday night shortly before her scheduled departure for Tokyo, and that she was in self-isolation with no symptoms.
“Broken is about the only way to describe the pain I’m feeling right now,” the 23-year-old Hill wrote on her Instagram account.
British tennis players Johanna Konta and Dan Evans previously withdrew after testing positive.
The Latest: 3rd Czech athlete tests positive in Tokyo
July 22, 2021 GMT
A third athlete from the Czech Republic has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Games.
The Czech team says beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková has entered a quarantine hotel, where two other athletes and two other coaches in its national delegation are staying.
Another Czech beach volleyball player, Ondřej Perušič, tested positive this week. Table tennis player Pavel Sirucek also tested positive.
The Czech Olympic team says it’s investigating if the outbreak of COVID-19 is linked to its charter flight to Tokyo.
A refugee team athlete who defected from Iran citing institutional sexism will face an Iranian opponent in the taekwondo competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Latest: 3rd Czech athlete tests positive in Tokyo
July 22, 2021
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