Big blow: Sam Kendricks became the highest profile athlete to be ruled out of the Games after testing positive for Covid-19. — AFP
TOKYO: American double world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks and German Chiaraviglio of Argentina have been ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for Covid-19, and members of the Australian team were put into isolation, but Swedish media reported world record-holder Armand Duplantis had not been in contact.
United States Olympic and athletics officials confirmed Kendricks’s positive test, tweeting: “The health and safety of our athletes, coaches and staff is our top priority.
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