Major setback - Australian team hit Covid-19 badly but athletes still competed while positive


Australia's Ella Beere and Alyssa Bull compete in the women's kayak double 500-meter heats at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. - AP

PARIS/SYDNEY (Bernama-dpa): More than 40 coronavirus infections or other respiratory illnesses has hit the Australian Olympic team during the Summer Games in Paris and some athletes competed despite positive tests, officials have announced.

Citing the Australian news agency AAP, it reported Olympic 200 metre breaststroke silver medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook is among those who fell ill. The indoor swimming events in Paris are now over.

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