Olympic-bound race walker Okay T Irfan is amongst 5 elite track-and-field athletes who’ve examined constructive for COVID-19 on the Sports Authority of India’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
The assessments have been carried out final Friday and those that returned constructive have been stored underneath quarantine.
“At least five elite athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 when tests were conducted on Friday. They have been kept isolated from others,” a supply on the SAI Centre instructed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
The supply stated one other male race walker additionally examined constructive however his title couldn’t be confirmed.
“4 male players and 1 female player and 4 support staff tested positive for COVID-19,” a SAI supply said.
“The feminine participant had come from dwelling. The gamers have been examined on sixth and their outcomes got here constructive on seventh. They obtained their first vaccine dose on twenty ninth April.
“One male player and one female player were not vaccinated. They have been tested again on the 10th and their results are awaited tomorrow. One athlete would also be tested once more in 2-3 days’ time.”
It is learnt that not one of the feminine race walkers are amongst those that returned constructive.
The 31-year-old Irfan had certified for the Tokyo Olympics approach again in early 2019 after ending fourth within the 20 km occasion of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
The SAI supply stated the entire hockey crew coaching on the Centre apart from one participant has examined detrimental.
“This one hockey player will be tested again tomorrow,” the SAI supply stated, with out giving the title of the participant.
Last month, 5 Indian athletes coaching right here — Olympic-bound Priyanka Goswami, Asian Games 1500m gold-medallist Jinson Johnson, lengthy distance runner Parul Chaudhary, steeplechaser Chinta Yadav and one other race walker Eknath — had examined constructive for the dreaded virus.
Russian race stroll coach Alexander Artsybashev had additionally examined constructive at the moment.
Irfan returned detrimental at the moment after he was examined as a major contact of Johnson.
The SAI Centre had additionally grappled with COVID-19 an infection of Indian ladies’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, her six team-mates and two help workers members. All of them have since recovered after spending two weeks in quarantine.
The SAI Centre, Bengaluru is the coaching base of the lads’s and ladies’s hockey groups and monitor and area athletes.
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Irfan Pathan exams optimistic for COVID-19, says he’s ‘quarantined at home’
Irfan Pathan, the previous India all-rounder, mentioned on Monday that he has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and is at the moment in dwelling isolation, making him the fourth ex-India cricketer from the recently-concluded Road Safety World Series to be contaminated by the virus.
The 36-year-old confirmed the information on Twitter.
“I have tested positive for COVID-19 with no symptoms and have isolated myself and quarantined at home. I would request those who came in contact with me in the recent past to please get themselves tested,” mentioned Irfan.
“Urging all to wear masks and maintain social distancing. Wishing you all good health.”pic.twitter.com/4E7agmuQl1
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 29, 2021
Earlier on Saturday, Sachin Tendulkar and his brother Yusuf Pathan had introduced that they’ve examined optimistic for the extremely contagious virus. On Sunday, S Badrinath turned the third ex-India cricketer to be recognized with COVID-19.
The match in Raipur allowed spectators until the ultimate sport even when BCCI had made the white ball collection in opposition to England a closed-door affair after the primary two T20Is.
The crowd on the Raipur stadiums had been seen largely with out masks.