Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic became the third athlete at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for Covid-19, while an American alternate woman gymnast training in Chiba prefecture also got infected on Monday, dealing a fresh set of blows to the mega-event which opens in less than four days.
This comes after two South African footballers tested positive for the virus on Sunday. Perusic was the second positive case to be revealed in the Czech Olympic contingent. The Tokyo Organising Committee has so far confirmed 58 Games-related Covid cases.
“Despite following all precautions (on) Covid-19 beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic became infected. He is currently asymptomatic and is in isolation according to the rules,” the country’s official Olympic team handle posted.
Perusic and his teammate David Schweiner were to play their first match on July 26 and the Czech team said it will request for a postponement.