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All however three members of Australia’s observe and area workforce on the Tokyo Olympics have been launched from isolation after a coronavirus scare, officers stated on Thursday. The three, shut contacts of Covid-positive US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, have examined adverse however stay in isolation and can be examined day by day, an Australian Olympic Committee assertion stated. Forty-one athletes and 13 officers got the “all-clear” to renew regular actions after spending simply over two hours of their rooms on the Olympic Village.
“Members of the Australian track and field team in the Tokyo Olympic Village have been cleared to return to their regular routines,” the AOC stated.
The three, nonetheless in isolation self-reported as soon as they heard about America’s Kendricks, the two-time pole vault world champion who was dominated out of the Olympics after testing optimistic.
Chef de mission Ian Chesterman stated “our strict protocols continue to keep the team safe”.
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“We want every Australian athlete to be in a position to have their Olympic moment. We will continue to be vigilant,” he added.
Thursday’s incident comes only a day earlier than the beginning of the athletics programme on the Olympic Stadium on Friday.
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