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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2021 6:30:15 GMT
Czech women's beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková-Nausch has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss the Games, the Czech Olympic Committee said in a statement on Thursday. Sluková-Nausch becomes the fifth member of the Czech Olympic team to have tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo. The 33-year-old joins table tennis player Pavel Širuček and men’s beach volleyball player Ondřej Perušič in athletes missing out on competing at the Games. Sluková-Nausch’s coach and husband Simon Nausch tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Following a report by the Czech online news site Seznam Zpravy, the Czech Olympic Committee confirmed that the first member of the Czech delegation in Tokyo to test positive for the virus was one of the team’s doctors, Vlastimil Voracek. Voracek tested positive after the team’s arrival in Tokyo. His previous test, taken the day before departing for Tokyo, was negative. The Czech Olympic Committee also announced on Thursday it has launched an investigation into the alleged breaking of Covid-19 rules on a charter flight from Prague to Tokyo at the end of last week. The result of the investigation will be published within 14 days.
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Post by Admin on Jul 23, 2021 19:46:28 GMT
Beach volleyball player Markéta Sluková-Nausch has become the fifth member of the Czech Olympic team to test positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo. News of her positive test result was announced on Thursday as the Czech Olympic Committee shared that it had launched an investigation into the outbreak of cases, according to CNN. Her husband, coach Simon Nausch, also tested positive. "We cried, then we swore, then we cried again," Sluková-Nausch said of the reaction she and partner Barbora Hermannova, who also will not be allowed to compete, had after learning the news, per the outlet. "I am just hoping that no other athletes will follow us, because I think that something like this is a nightmare for any athlete, for any Olympian, who gets this far, this close to the Olympic competition," she added. http://instagram.com/p/CRdNDr_hCdK Sluková-Nausch is the third athlete from the team to test positive, following table tennis player Pavel Širuček and fellow beach volleyball player Ondřej Perušič. While Sluková-Nausch and Širuček have had to withdraw, it remains unclear whether Perušič will be able to compete, USA Today reported. Per the Czech Olympic Committee, all of the individuals who have tested positive flew to Tokyo on the same charter plane last Friday. "The investigation will focus on whether all safety measures against COVID-19 spread were upheld before, during, and after the flight and whether some individuals have neglected their duties," they said in a statement, according to Reuters. All of the members of the delegation who tested positive have been moved out of the Olympic Village as a precaution.
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