FILE PHOTO: Snowboard Slopestyle winner Zoi Sadowski Synnott durning the finals of the 2021 FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Championships. Mar 12, 2021; Aspen, Colorado, USA;
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December 30, 2021
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Nico Porteous and his older brother Miguel have tested positive for COVID-19 five weeks before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, local media reported on Thursday.
Sadowski-Synnott and Nico Porteous, both 20, won bronze medals in snowboarding and freestyle skiing respectively at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
The athletes were preparing for the Dec. 30-Jan. 1 World Cup events in Calgary, Canada and have reported mild symptoms, New Zealand’s 1News said.
The Beijing Games begin on Feb. 4.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
Source: One America News Network
