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The #5 seed in the Women’s 1500, Lani Pallister, showed heat 3 of the event prelims this morning. The Australian reportedly has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating in the Olympic village.
Australia’s Lani Pallister is out of the 1500m with Covid, as she aims to recover in time for the 4x200m relay on Thursday #Paris2024 https://t.co/G1t2EOjuwl
— Kieran Pender (@KieranPender) July 30, 2024
Reportedly Pallister was on deck this morning to warm-up for the 1500, where she was a medal contender, but opted to withdraw from the race and subsequently test positive.
Pallister is not the only swimmer to have contracted COVID. The morning after Adam Peaty won the silver in the Men’s 100 breaststroke, the British star tested positive for COVID. In their release, Team GB stated,
“Adam Peaty began feeling unwell on Sunday, ahead of his Men’s 100 breaststroke final. In the hours after the final, his symptoms became worse, and he was tested for COVID early on Monday morning. He tested positive at that point,”
This is not the first case of COVID for Australian Athletes in the village at the Paris Games as had five members of their women’s water polo team tested positive last week, before the Games commenced.
Like Peaty, Pallister and the Australian team are hoping for a swift recovery and cessation of symptoms so that Pallister can participate in the Aussies’ 4×200 free relay. Before the start of the Olympics, Pallister had withdrawn from the 400 free to concentrate on the relay and these longer races.
This is not the first time that Pallister has been effected by COVID at a major international meet. In 2022 at Worlds in Budapest, the Australian has to withdraw from the finals of the 800 free, where she was the #2 seed.
If we hear more or if SwimAustralia releases a statement, we will update the article.
I should have realised there would be some crazy and pathetic comments in here.
Yes – hi Kriistina…
If you put all that effort into training for the Olympics why not just mask up to lower your chances of catching something?
You saw several athletes at the Tour de France use masks this year and a few of the 176 athletes were sent home due to covid (difficult to do a 21 day bike race when you are sick or injured).
The Australian swimmers were photographed wearing masks few weeks ago, and people made fun of them. Pretty sure they’re wearing mask outside competition.
Distributing all those prophylactics gave people a false sense of security
You dont breathe through a condom. Kind of the point.
Yes, but depending on your preference, you could be face to face while using one!
I got several post traumatic stress caused covid restrictions. I hate elderly covid terrorists, masks. Covid is over and now regular cold illness. You can not race but no danger. Elderly must stay home and vaccination. I have long covid 6 month but I not healthly and I want ban mask mandates. Now is my long covid is nearly over. I am unvaccinated in 30s but not healthly. Athletes not get long covid now.
Bro what
Huh?
Athletes DO get long COVID. Literally ruined my career lol.
Who let the MAGA anti-science nut on this thread?!
So, doing shots of bleach must have helped you avoid the worst that Covid has to offer……
Please not speak covid. Please speak illness just like before 2019
Can she even compete on Thursday? Isn’t protocol isolating for 5 days?
There is no covid protocol- athletes are free to compete while sick if they feel up to it. However, a hard 1500 while sick is probably not going to result in a fast enough time to medal and going too hard while at peak covid can mess you up for a while afterwards (see cyclist Sepp Kuss having to withdraw from the Tor de France because he tried to ride through a smaller race with covid) so I suspect that by scratching here, she’s hoping that she’ll feel better enough by Thursday that she can swim. And a 200 is short enough it’s probably no going to impact recovery from illness.
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Hypothetically, what would happen if a relay only swimmer tested positive for Covid and had to withdraw before their swim? Isn’t there a rule that relay only swimmers have to swim at some point or else the entire relay is DQ’d?
I’d imagine that a medical withdrawal would be accepted on a case by case basis.
There’s an exemption for medical reasons. Obviously Covid would exempt you
Hopefully she can still swim the 800 if not the relay.
A shame she dropped the 400 in hindsight too. Let’s hope she recovers for the 4×2. If not, will they swim Arnie/Mollie or risk putting Olivia (1:57.84 at Trials) or Meg (1:56.93 at Trials and 1:56.29 in 2021) in the Heats?
harris is the better option, faster pb and had a good 100 split