Two USA Swimming stars 'test positive for COVID-19 at 2024 Olympics' after Great Britain's Adam Peaty caught the virus in Paris

Two long-distance specialists for USA Swimming person tested affirmative for COVID-19 astatine nan ongoing 2024 Olympics successful Paris, according to an online report.

SwimSwam.com is reporting that region specialists David Johnston and Luke Whitlock person some tested positive.

Johnston and Whitlock's reported affirmative tests travel aft British swimmer Adam Peaty tested affirmative for COVID-19 connected Monday hours aft tying for 2nd successful nan men's 100m breaststroke final.

USA Swimming spokespeople declined to corroborate nan study pinch DailyMail.com, saying nan statement does 'not merchandise jock wellness information publicly.'

Neither swimmer had been removed from immoderate scheduled events arsenic Wednesday greeting connected nan East Coast. 

COVID-19 has progressively go a problem astatine nan ongoing Paris Games. 

Three years aft nan Tokyo Olympics were held amid strict precautions and pinch nary fans because of nan world COVID-19 pandemic, nan microorganism has forced athletes to retreat from events and has others donning masks erstwhile again.

Several athletes person tested positive, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister who was a badge dream successful nan women's 1,500 meters freestyle but had to retreat from nan event. Pallister has been instructed to isolate successful her room.

Peaty tested affirmative a time aft he narrowly missed retired connected 100 meters breaststroke gold, sharing metallic pinch American Nic Fink. Peaty, who said he woke up emotion unwell connected nan greeting of Sunday's race, is hoping to compete successful relays later this week.

'The squad tone is really high,' Peaty's British teammate Matt Richards said aft his 100m freestyle power connected Tuesday morning. 'I deliberation we've done a bully occupation connected conscionable trying to make judge we return each nan precautions we can.

'Adam's okay, he's not dying. He's alright, conscionable a spot of a cold. We'll debar it arsenic champion we can. We're present to race. If we get a small spot sick whilst we're racing we'll support racing. It's really we do it.'

Multiple Australian women's h2o polo players tested affirmative for COVID-19 successful nan days starring up to nan opening ceremony, forcing them to isolate from different squad members.

The Tokyo Olympics were delayed a twelvemonth owed to COVID-19 while nan 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics were held nether strict precautions, making Paris nan first post-pandemic Olympics. There are nary strict protocols aliases restrictions astir COVID-19 successful Paris.

'We person a protocol (that) immoderate jock that has tested affirmative has to deterioration a disguise and we punctual everyone to travel champion practices but successful position of monitoring COVID, cases are rather debased successful France,' said Anne Descamps, Paris 2024 main communications director.

British swimmer Jacob Whittle said his squad were getting much strict pinch nan precautions.

'We're manus sanitising and wearing masks everyplace we can,' Whittle said. 'When we're swimming and doing worldly for illustration this (speaking to reporters) are nan only times we're not wearing a mask.

'It's conscionable being other cautious erstwhile eating and going connected buses and communal spaces, conscionable being really conscious arsenic to not drawback it and besides if you've sewage it not to springiness it to anyone else. Just being observant really.'