Olympic Covid Pullouts: U.S. Speedskater Dawson Latest To Be Out. Here’s The Full List.
he had to withdraw from his individual events—he’s still hoping to make team ones later in the Games—because of new testing rules that require four negative tests before traveling to Beijing, though he had tested negative twice after first contracting Covid-19 three weeks ago.from the pairs figure skating team event on Friday after Seegert tested positive for Covid-19, though they could still compete later in the Games.to compete in the team figure skating event Friday due to Covid-19.
Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova was replaced by biathlete Evgenia Burtasova January 31 after testing positive twice for Covid-19, ReutersRussian skeleton athlete Nikita Tregubov, who previously earned a silver medal, and teammate Vladislav Semenov pulled out of the Games January 31, the Associated PressRussian figure skater Mikhail Kolyada had already been pulled from the Winter Olympics last week due to Covid-19, the APNorwegian cross country skier Anne Kjersti Kalvå was replaced...
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