Two-time world javelin champion kelseyleebarber has tested positive for COVID but still might be able to compete at the birminghamcg22. B2022 7NEWS
Two-time world javelin champion Kelsey-Lee Barber has tested positive for COVID but still might be able to compete at the Birmingham 2022Barber tested positive on transit from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon to the Games training camp in the southeast English town of Tonbridge.Stream Seven's coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2022 for free onBut she is asymptomatic and hopes are high that the 30-year-old will still be able to compete in Birmingham.
“I have to reconfirm but I think the organising committee has said that if an athlete is well and healthy enough, then they are going to be able to compete and so that is what we are working through.Kelsey-Lee Barber celebrates her world championships gold medal.The javelin final is scheduled for August 7, which helps her chances of taking her place in the field.
She has won bronze and silver at the past two Commonwealth Games and will be a red-hot favourite to complete the set with gold in Birmingham.