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Five monitor and discipline athletes with the potential of constructing it to the Olympics have examined constructive for Covid-19.
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- Last Updated:April 03, 2021, 08:07 IST
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With a bit of over 100 days to go for Tokyo Olympic Games, a number one 400 metres low hurdler and a jumper coaching at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports are amongst 5 monitor and discipline athletes with potential of constructing it to the Olympics, to have examined constructive for Covid-19.
“All five athletes are in isolation and will undergo 14 days quarantine. They are fine and have no symptoms of coronavirus but their RT-PCR Covid-19 report was positive on Tuesday. The athletes will be out of action for next two weeks,” a nationwide degree coach advised IANS on situation of anonymity.
A Tamil Nadu athlete who had completed second in his occasion within the final month’s twenty fourth National Federation Cup Athletics Championships is among the outstanding athletes who has examined constructive.
The different athlete to check constructive is from Kerala. He had completed second in his occasion on the Federation Cup in March in Patiala.
As a precautionary measure, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had performed Covid-19 RT-PCR exams each in Patiala and for the National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Of the 313 exams achieved in Patiala, 26 have been constructive whereas 428 exams have been performed in Bengaluru, and 4 returned constructive.
“Keeping the safety of the Olympic-bound athletes, coaches and support staff in mind, the SAI conducted Covid-19 RT-PCR tests. The reports received indicates that all Olympic bound athletes in Patiala and Bengaluru are negative,” SAI mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday.
