Tokyo-bound Priyanka Goswami, Asian Games gold medallist Jinson Johnson among athletes testing COVID-19 positive at SAI Bengaluru
Aside from Goswami and Johnson, long distance runner Parul Chaudhary, steeplechaser Chinta Yadav and race walker Eknath are among the five athletes who have been infected along with Russian race walk coach Alexander Artsybashev.
File image of Jinson Johnson. Reuters
New Delhi: Five track-and-field athletes, including Tokyo Olympics-bound 20km race walker Priyanka Goswami, and a member of the support staff have tested positive for COVID-19
at the Sports Authority of India's Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Asian Games 1,500m gold-medallist Jinson Johnson, long distance runner Parul Chaudhary, steeplechaser Chinta Yadav and another race walker Eknath are among the five athletes who have been infected along with Russian race walk coach Alexander Artsybashev.
Another Tokyo Games-bound race walker KT Irfan has returned negative after he was tested as a primary contact of Johnson.
"My test result which came on Monday was positive and I am currently in quarantine in my room. I have fever, not very high, and headache also," Johnson told.
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