the australian Kelsey-Lee Barberowho retained his javelin world title last week in Eugene, has tested positive for covid-19 but can still compete in the javelin final on August 7 in Commonwealth Gameswhich opens this Thursday at Birmingham (UK).
Barber tested positive during the Australian team’s training camp for the Commonwealth Games, the Australian national team announced on Thursday.
“Kelsey-Lee Barber is not ruled out (for the Games),” Australian performance director Andrew Faichney told Australian media.
“I would have to reconfirm (his participation), but we are going to do everything possible” for Barber to fight.
Barber, bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games and retained his world title in Eugene (United States) with a throw of 66.91 meters, is the strong favorite in the javelin event of the Commonwealth Games, having never won but where The 30 -year-old was on the podium in two previous editions (bronze in 2014 in Glasgow and silver in 2018 in Gold Coast (Australia)).
Source: La Verdad
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