Posted on 07/19/2021 12:39:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
TOKYO — Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United States women’s gymnastics team, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an Olympic training camp in Japan.
Al Fong, the personal coach for both Eaker and fellow Olympic alternate Leanne Wong, confirmed the positive test in an email to The Associated Press on Monday. Wong said Eaker, 18, was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus two months ago.
Both Eaker and Wong have been placed in isolation.
USA Gymnastics did not identify Eaker or Wong but said in a statement that the athlete who tested positive and another alternate would be subject to additional quarantine restrictions.
“Accordingly, on Monday, the Olympic athletes moved to separate lodging accommodations and a separate training facility, as originally planned, and will continue their preparation for the Games,” the organization said in a statement. “The entire delegation continues to be vigilant and will maintain strict protocols while they are in Tokyo.”
The positive test was the latest in a growing line of daily reports of athletes and others testing positive at the pandemic-delayed Olympics. Eaker is the first American to test positive.
“The health and safety of our athletes, coaches and staff is our top priority. We can confirm that an alternate on the women’s artistic gymnastics team tested positive for COVID-19,” the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said in a statement. “In alignment with local rules and protocols, the athlete has been transferred to a hotel to quarantine. Out of respect for the individual’s privacy, we cannot provide more information at this time.”
The four alternates — Eaker, Wong, Kayla DiCello and Emma Malabuyo — traveled to Japan with the six-woman U.S. delegation of world and Olympic champion Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Grace McCallum, Sunisa Lee, MyKayla Skinner and Jade Carey.
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Bu..bu...but they told us we'd be safe if we got the vaccine, and that it's a..
PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED!
Huh?
I’m so confused.
Jab or not to jab, that is the question?
5.56mm
I'm not hearing a large amount of people who were recovering COVID cases that have not been vaccinated affected.
Just cancel the damn thing.
RE: Just cancel the damn thing.
Why? Are any athletes (all young and healthy) hospitalized or dying?
I guess I don’t understand why this is such a problem when the Olympics isn’t going to have any spectators, they are going to be practicing social distancing and masks when going from lodging to venue, and all the athletes are in an extremely low risk category. So, they test positive, so what?
Trannies in the Olympics?
F the “olympics”.
>>Jab or not to jab, that is the question?<<
The “slings and arrows” part quote of that certainly have new poignancy.
> Eaker, 18, was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus two months ago.
Impossible! The virus must be anti-science!
Seems like the Democrat delegation from Texas should be on isolation and total lock-down.
Probably obesity
Eaker, 18, was vaccinated against the novel coronavirus two months ago.
Hmmmm....how about that?
🤔
Wonder if they used a saliva sample or nasal swab...
Super spreader?
The pandemic of the unvaccinated is sure hitting vaccinated athletes and celebrities pretty often. NY Yankees (6) those dumb Texas Democrats and now this Gymnast.
Only.....it’s more like the pandemic of the vaxxed.
The shots aren’t protecting people, but, they are “working”.
How can this be? I thought getting the vaccine was the "smart" thing to do?
A Vaccine is better for chickenpox because it can come back later as shingles but it is not chickenpox. Children should probably have gotten this disease, had almost no problem with it, gained immunity and contributed to hurd immunity.
I am so old-fashioned that I thought the whole point of vaccines was to make it virtually impossible to catch the disease.
These days it is sorta, could be, maybe, sometimes....
Total joke.
Must be caused by one of those evil unvaccinated people who caused the vaccinated people to contract the disease they’re vaccinated from.
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