Olympic star forced to isolate at Paris 2024 after testing positive for Covid just days before Games begin

AN Australian athlete has tested positive for Covid on the eve of the Paris Olympics.

The unnamed athlete is a member of the women’s water polo team.

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Team executive Anna Meares said: “This is a high-performance environment, so we are being diligent, but I need to emphasise we are treating Covid no different to other bugs like the flu – this is not Tokyo.

“The athlete is not particularly unwell and they are still training, but sleeping in a single room – the whole team will train today as planned.

“We’ve been able to get a really good handle on what might be going about.

“What was very positive about this situation and this athlete was that they followed the protocols and at the first sign of symptoms they acted responsibly and presented themselves to the medical team to be tested.”

Meares added that a “couple” of unnamed Australian team officials have cold and flu symptoms.

They are being treated by the team’s medical staff.

Australia’s women’s water polo stars begin their Games against China on Saturday evening.

The first events are due to start tomorrow ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony.

For the first time ever, the traditional kick-off event will not take place in a stadium.

Instead, it will run along the banks of the Seine.

Some athletes have been using a popular kitchen staple in a bid to boost their performances.

Team GB bosses are brewing up an Olympic medal storm – boosted by nearly 50,000 TEA bags.

To make sure they miss none of their home comforts, team chiefs have left no stone unturned with an astonishing list of provisions for snacks and drinks.

It includes more than 47,000 English Breakfast tea bags, 200 big boxes of cornflakes, more than 1,000 boxes of muesli, 22,000 cereal bars and just under 1,000 bags of dried mango.

The logistics exercise comes as athletes in the main Olympic Village have been told that Big Macs are OFF the menu.

Instead of the Golden Arches of McDonald’s, no longer part of the “Olympic family”, two Michelin starred chefs will be preparing meals.

Good news for those who fancy high-end French cuisine, less so for those who fancy 20 McNuggets and fries.