PRAGUE—Two more members of the Czech Olympic team have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total to six, and the country’s Olympic Committee has launched an investigation into a charter flight bringing athletes to Tokyo. The Czech Olympic Committee (COV) said on Thursday women’s beach volleyball player Marketa Nausch-Slukova and cyclist Michal Schlegel were the latest to test positive, raising the number of Czech athletes at the Tokyo Olympics infected by the virus to four, plus two other team members including Nausch-Slukova’s husband and coach Simon Nausch. Slukova finished fifth at the London Olympics in 2012, and she is now 16th in the world rankings with her team mate Barbora Hermannova. “It’s awfully sad for me, that Barbora and me, we had to quit this way,” Slukova said. Men’s table tennis player Pavel Sirucek and men’s beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic have also tested positive. The infected athletes were on …
Czech Beach Volleyball Player, Cyclist Test Positive for COVID-19; Team Launches Investigation
July 22, 2021
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