Three athletes, including two staying in the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19 less than a week before the start of the Tokyo Games.
Officials confirmed the three positive tests on Sunday, declining to name the athletes but noting they were “non-Japanese.”
An unidentified person in the athletes’ village also tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, though Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto said that the infected person was not an athlete but is someone who is involved in organizing the games.
Ryu Seung-min, who won a gold medal in table tennis for South Korea in 2004, also was confirmed to have tested positive on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee …
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