: Tokyo 2020: Fourth Covid-19 case in Olympic Village, teenage US gymnast tests positive at camp #IndiaNEWS Tokyo’s Olympic Village was hit by a fourth coronavirus case on Monday and major sponsor

Tokyo 2020: Fourth Covid-19 case in Olympic Village, teenage US gymnast tests positive at camp #IndiaNEWS
Tokyo’s Olympic Village was hit by a fourth coronavirus case on Monday and major sponsor Toyota said it would not run any Games-related TV ads as the event struggled for support just days before the opening ceremony.A Czech beach volleyball player became the fourth case and the third infected athlete in the Village, where thousands of competitors are living in a biosecure bubble.Elsewhere, a teenage female gymnast became the first American athlete to test positive at the Games, with a teammate also isolating as a result. Neither was named. The gymnast tested positive at the team’s training camp in Inzai city, east of Tokyo.The delayed 2020 Games will officially get under way on Friday in a near-empty Olympic Stadium, with Tokyo under a coronavirus state of emergency after a spike in cases.The latest Asahi Shimbun newspaper poll found a majority of respondents, 55 percent, were against holding the Games this summer, with 33 percent in favour.And a composer for the opening ceremony stepped down after admitting bullying disabled schoolmates, comments that caused an outcry in Japan.It has not been a smooth final build-up for the Games, which were postponed last year, but officials will hope the tide of public opinion turns when the sports programme starts.In a sign of...Read more

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