American volleyball player Taylor Crabb tests positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics.
Crabb was controversial choice to represent the U.S. He had been suspended for two years in 2017 by USA Volleyball, which is the sport’s governing body, for drinking with an underage girl and other misconduct, theThat Crabb was even in Japan was only thanks to an arbitrator who reduced his second suspension in 2019 for violating the terms of his first suspension by coaching at a volleyball camp for girls, SCNG reported.
So far nearly 80 people connected to the Olympics, including a half-dozen athletes, have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a tally compiled by Reuters. Earlier this month, with the number of Covid-19 cases on the rise and much of the Japanese public opposed to staging the games in Tokyo, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga ordered a“With the number of newly infected people in Tokyo reaching 1,832 today, the rate of infection continues to rise significantly in areas surrounding and including the Tokyo metropolitan city,” Suga said Wednesday after a cabinet meeting.
“Tomorrow will mark the start of a four-day weekend and also the Olympic Games will finally begin," he said."I ask the public that they stick together with their family and cheer on the athletes on TV from home.”
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