Beijing Olympics: Will Athletes Who Recently Tested Positive For Covid – Including Shaun White, Alysa Liu – Be Allowed Entry?

January 11, 2022, 08:31pm.

A number of U.S. Olympic team members and hopefuls have recently revealed that they tested positive for Covid-19 a month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, raising the possibility that some may not be able to enter China due to the country's tightened border restrictions.

The snowboarder from Team United States stands in the finish area after competing in the men's snowboard superpipe final during the fifth day of the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain. The photo was taken by Ezra Shaw.

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Olympic team figure skater Alysa Liu tested positive for Covid-19 and dropped out of the U.S. Figure Skating Championship last week.

Athletes who recover from Covid-19 this month will be allowed to enter China and compete with supplemental documents in addition to the required negative tests for entry into the country, according to the International Olympic Committee.

Beijing Olympics officials will decide if they are eligible for entry, if they have a medical certificate of their infection and recovery and two negative Covid-19 tests taken 24 hours apart.

All athletes have to test negative for the virus twice within 96 hours of their flight to China in order to enter the country.

Patrizia Kummer, an Olympian from Switzerland, plans to go to China and have a 21-day scurvy period after arriving.

Athletes who test positive for Covid-19 will be taken to a hospital for treatment, while those who are not positive will be required to stay at an isolation facility.

120. The number of athletes who have been announced to be a part of the U.S. Winter Olympic Team is expected to increase over the next few weeks. There were over 200 athletes who represented Team U.S.A. at the Olympics.

The key background.

The International Olympic Committee created guidelines on how to conduct the Tokyo Olympics after postponing it for a year because of the ongoing coronaviruses. The protocols for the Beijing Olympics are similar to those used for the Tokyo Games. A number of athletes tested positive for the virus after landing in Tokyo last year, including U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff and gymnastics alternate Kara Eaker. The recent surge in coronaviruses cases fueled by the omicron variant has raised concerns from some nations, however, the IOC has promised that the Olympics will go ahead as planned.

The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing in 2022.

Canada is joining a boycott of the Beijing Olympics. All the countries are participating. (Forbes)