.AUSOlympicTeam curler Tahli Gill is free to compete in the Beijing2022 Winter Olympics after being cleared of COVID-19 by a second test. 7NEWS
Set to become Australia’s first Olympians in the sport, Gill and teammate Dean Hewitt have been in isolation for the past two days after she returned a positive test on arrival at Beijing Airport.Watch the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Channel 7 and stream it for free onGill, who spent the past few months training with Hewitt in Canada, contracted COVID a number of weeks ago.
The 22-year-old had tested negative, indicating she was at the end of her infection cycle, before travelling to China in line with the Beijing 2022 protocols.They are due to open their round-robin mixed doubles campaign against the USA on Wednesday night, two days before the Games opening ceremony.Credit:“We are greatly relieved as a team, that goes without saying,” Gill and Hewitt said in an AOC statement.“We have treated this time as a rest day and a time to really focus on our Olympic goals.
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