While sports disputes have begun in the fields of the Japanese Olympics, the count of infections continues outside the facilities. The Covid-19 nightmare now also closely affects the blue delegation. Although the consequences could be mitigated, as CONI reassures. In fact, six Italian athletes (to which seven managers are added) have just been quarantined today at the Olympic Village for Japanese government procedures as a result of the “close contact” by plane on 18 July with an Italian journalist who found positive at the airport checks. .
The reassurances of Coni
After the decision of the Japanese health authorities, which was communicated to the Organizing Committee and then to Coni, the Italian Committee issued a note. “Following the ascertained positivity for Covid-19 by an Italian journalist, found on July 18, the Japanese government, through the Organizing Committee of the Games, informed Coni that 13 people from the Italian delegation had declared close contact, including six athletes and seven officials. The athletes are some of the representatives of the boxing, diving and skateboarding delegations ». In the note of the Coni it is “immediately clarified that this close contact position does not impact on the participation in the Games of these athletes, as the law provides that they can continue to train and compete, by carrying out a molecular swab six hours before the competition. The procedure has already started immediately after the official communication to Coni. Moreover, inside the village the athletes, although in fiduciary isolation – it is written in the press release – will continue to regularly carry out all their preparatory activities for the Olympic competitions following only specific procedural precautions regarding meals and transfers to the competition facilities ” . Coni «is working at the highest levels to guarantee athletes, unfortunately involved in this discomfort not caused by their behavior, the best conditions, including psychological ones, to overcome this particular difficult moment quickly and without aggravating it. For privacy reasons, Coni will not communicate the names of the athletes involved ».
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The Olympic infected at 123
The organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Games meanwhile have reported 17 new coronavirus cases at the Olympics bringing the total number of infections from July 1 to 123. The Tokyo Games organizing committee said in its daily briefing that a foreign athlete was among the new ones. cases. It should be the Dutch rower Finn Florijn who tested positive for covid-19 and quarantined, as reported by the Orange Federation on Twitter. The 21-year-old athlete, yesterday in the water for the heats, must therefore give up the repechage.
The Nepartak risk
Japanese meteorologists have warned that there is a “medium possibility” that the tropical Typhoon Nepartak, formed in the Philippine Sea, could also hit the city of Tokyo next week, which is why the organizers of the Olympic Games have begun to think, in function the evolution of the atmospheric phenomenon, the rescheduling of some Olympic events. The organizers of the games have already moved the rowing events scheduled for Monday, adding them to the Saturday and Sunday program.