Tokyo Olympics

Japan wins opener by default as COVID-hit Czechs withdraw

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Japan wins opener by default as COVID-hit Czechs withdraw

DEFAULT. A volunteer prepares playing area prior to the match that was cancelled due to one of the players Marketa Slukova of Czech Republic tested positive for the coronavirus disease.

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Marketa Nausch-Slukova and her partner Barbora Hermannova pull out of the first women's beach volleyball match

Japan’s Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami won the first women’s match of the beach volleyball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics by default after their Czech opponents withdrew due to COVID-19.

Marketa Nausch-Slukova tested positive earlier this week, forcing her and partner Barbora Hermannova to pull out and hand the hosts a 2-0 victory.

Six members of the Czech Olympic team have tested positive so far and the country’s Olympic Committee had launched an investigation into a charter flight bringing athletes to Tokyo.

Slukova, who finished fifth at the London Olympics in 2012, and Hermannova are the world’s 16th ranked pair.

Slukova’s husband and coach Simon Nausch, and men’s beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic, have also tested positive. – Rappler.com

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