Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Rowing - Men's Single Sculls - Heats - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan - July 23, 2021. Finn Florijn of the Netherlands before competing REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
TOKYO (Reuters) -Dutch rower Finn Florijn Olympic dream was shattered after the young rower tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday after competing in the men's single sculls race.
The 21-year-old had finished in fourth in the sixth heat of the men's single sculls race earlier on Friday, which was not enough to progress to the quarter-finals as only the top three qualify directly.
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