Monzanator 3,569 Posted July 11, 2021 #11 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Hideki Matsuyama tested positive for COVID and is out of The Open but should be fine for the Olympics? I picture him as the potential face of the Games (other than some judo stars). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted July 11, 2021 #12 Share Posted July 11, 2021 According our media the swimmer had two negative tests in following days and now is allowed to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted July 11, 2021 #13 Share Posted July 11, 2021 This is going worse than I anticipated. We are nearing the point where a positive test upon arrival means an instant withdrawal from the Olympic competition. Makedonas 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 359 Posted July 11, 2021 #14 Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 hour ago, rybak said: According our media the swimmer had two negative tests in following days and now is allowed to compete. The concerning part is that there might have been some errors that might lead in stopping some athletes from competing as Lithuanian swimmers are tested every day and that particular swimmer was: Before flight - Negative DAY 1 - Negative DAY 2 - Negative DAY 3 - Positive DAY 4 - Negative DAY 5 - Negative Making that one-day only positive results quite suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anuj 13 Posted July 12, 2021 #15 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Imagine an athlete not able to participate due to being false positive, with so many athletes getting tested atleast once a day there is good chance of false positive cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted July 12, 2021 #16 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Yeah, false positives are going to happen when so many tests are being taken each day. It's like lottery and the winners' prize is a DNS at the Games if the false positive is right before the competition. They should take more one test from athletes who compete the next day and let them compete if only one of their test is positive. heywoodu and Griff88 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FancyFenchel 106 Posted July 12, 2021 #17 Share Posted July 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Vektor said: Yeah, false positives are going to happen when so many tests are being taken each day. It's like lottery and the winners' prize is a DNS at the Games if the false positive is right before the competition. They should take more one test from athletes who compete the next day and let them compete if only one of their test is positive. Basically we need B samples like in doping test. Ask polish ski jumpers at the 4 Hill Tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted July 13, 2021 #18 Share Posted July 13, 2021 This must be a bad joke... A full week after arriving to Japan, our canoeist Matija Marinić ended up in quarantine today (not allowed to train on the rapids) because some person from his flight tested positive... And that's despite Marinić testing negative every day since arriving in Japan. There were canoeists from other nations on that flight as well, but apparently not all of them were ordered a quarantine... If this is how it works, then just cancel the Games ffs ! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted July 13, 2021 #19 Share Posted July 13, 2021 36 minutes ago, dcro said: This must be a bad joke... A full week after arriving to Japan, our canoeist Matija Marinić ended up in quarantine today (not allowed to train on the rapids) because some person from his flight tested positive... And that's despite Marinić testing negative every day since arriving in Japan. There were canoeists from other nations on that flight as well, but apparently not all of them were ordered a quarantine... If this is how it works, then just cancel the Games ffs ! Seems like they are handling it like BWF during the All England fiasco... After many protesting and pointing about the other, they will be abruptly quarantined too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,128 Posted July 13, 2021 Author #20 Share Posted July 13, 2021 44 minutes ago, dcro said: This must be a bad joke... A full week after arriving to Japan, our canoeist Matija Marinić ended up in quarantine today (not allowed to train on the rapids) because some person from his flight tested positive... And that's despite Marinić testing negative every day since arriving in Japan. There were canoeists from other nations on that flight as well, but apparently not all of them were ordered a quarantine... If this is how it works, then just cancel the Games ffs ! for how long must he be quarantined ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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