Australians mingle in Games village breach
A group of athletes has sparked a COVID-19 scare in the Australian Olympic team after mingling with other residents inside the Games village.
Team chef de mission Ian Chesterman said none of the Australians involved in the Saturday night incident had tested positive and they had rejoined the group.
"It was a very minor offence - I'm not taking any disciplinary action, none was necessary," he said.
It followed a party in a park on Friday at the end of the Games village, which did not involved any Australian team members.
"There was a similar mingling afterwards (on Saturday), we became aware of that and that a few of our athletes had been mixing with other athletes - not in the heat of the party, but in places outside of our direct allotment," Chesterman said.
"That's clearly something we don't encourage.
"They understood what they did was not according to the Australian playbook, but nonetheless it didn't lead me to any great concern."
Chesterman would not name the athletes or their sports.
He said they had finished their competition at the Olympics and the incident involved "around about" 10 members of the Australian Games team.
Olympic athletes are having to abide by strict COVID-19 protocols and there are no crowds at Tokyo competition venues.
A large group of Australian competitors will return home on a Monday night charter flight and all of them will go into two-week quarantine.
