BREAKING: The entire Australian track and field team has been quarantined in their rooms for several hours after a Covid scare during a pre-Games training camp in Cairns.
An official with the team returned an inconclusive Covid test as they were seeking to join the team camp after flying up from Melbourne.
Dr Hughes said that out of an abundance of caution, everyone in the track and field camp was immediately placed into isolation in their rooms, and not just those athletes that the official had interacted with. Dr Hughes said that the incident shows that while some people may believe the Covid countermeasures and systems were “overcooked”, that the meticulous process of Athletics Australia had helped protect their athletic cohort.
In a special treat for the team, Olympic officials have set up their own coffee station in the Australian headquarters, with assistant team manager Susie O’Neill, who is as skilful as a barista as she was a star butterflier, voted to be as a special guest coffee maker.
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