The Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Wednesday that 30 players and support staff of various events have received Kovid-19 positives in the 741 precautionary tests conducted at the national centers of Patiala and Bangalore. However, no athletes with the Tokyo Olympic Squad were involved in the Kovid-19 cases at both centers. India’s men’s boxing head coach CA Kuttappa and shot put coach Mohinder Singh Dhillon were among the positives in the recent Test, a SII source confirmed. Sai later issued a statement saying that he had conducted 313 exams in Patiala and 428 in Bangalore. In Patiala, there were 26 positive cases, but four in Bangalore.
“Sai Patiala and Bengaluru have conducted precautionary RT-PCR examinations in keeping with the safety of the athletes, coaches and support staff of the Olympic team,” Sai said in a statement. In a report received today, it was revealed that all athletes who went with the Olympic platoon from both stations were Kovid-19 negatives. Patiala has 16 players and the rest of the support staff is known to have 26 cases. Of the 16 positive cases, 10 are boxers and six are track and field athletes, Sai sources said. Coach-Positive has been on the sidelines in Bengaluru.
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He said, ‘Well they are not Olympic goers. These positive athletes are placed in a quarantine and the entire campus is swathed. “The positives at both centers will not affect the preparation of the Olympic team,” the Sai source confirmed. He said, ‘There is no question of discontinuing training. Covid-19 positive cases are restricted to the psi campus separately and there are no serious problems. ‘
The NIS mainly consists of boxers, track and field athletes and lifters, athletes of the Olympics and even the Olympics. However, not all weightlifters are negative for virus investigation. Boxers who are positive include Asian silver medalist Deepak Kumar and India Open gold medalist Sanjeet. Another source said some reports are still awaiting.
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