Katie Lou Will Not Participate in the Olympics [merged thread]
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Feel bad for KLS. First she breaks her foot in the national semi-final in 2016 and never gets the chance to play in a national championship and now this.
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Poor Katie Lou . As she says it is devastating. I send her good wishes and positive thoughts for the future.
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I wonder if there is any way she can trace or figure out how she contracted Covid.
There are already a number of athletes, that have gotten to Japan and are in covic protocol. This might end up being the Olympics of who doesn't get sick.
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So the team was still in US. If this happened in Japan, could they have made the replacement?
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I have had an awful feeling the last few days based on the steady drip, drip, drip of positive Covid cases from Olympic athletes: a Ugandan weightlifter, Bradley Beal, Coco Gauff, the South African soccer team, a Czech beach volleyball player, an alternate on the gymnastics team and now Lou. Toyota announced today that they are pulling all advertisements for the games based on the widespread opposition of the Japanese people to the games.
There is still a week to go until the opening ceremonies. Athletes are moving into the Olympic Village as we speak. I hate to be a Gloomy Gus, but this doesn’t feel like it will end well.
There is still a week to go until the opening ceremonies. Athletes are moving into the Olympic Village as we speak. I hate to be a Gloomy Gus, but this doesn’t feel like it will end well.
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Bummer!
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A speedy return to good health for Katie Lou! Encourage
anyone you know to get vaccinated (who has procrastinated)!
Does Team USA 3X3 get a chance to put in a substitute???
anyone you know to get vaccinated (who has procrastinated)!
Does Team USA 3X3 get a chance to put in a substitute???
Jackie Young Added to U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women’s Basketball Team
Jackie Young will join the U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women’s Basketball Team for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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She was placed on Covid Protocols on Saturday. During the Women's 5X5 game with Nigeria on Sunday the announcers discussed the fact that final rosters needed to be submitted by Sunday evening w.r.t the Oguimekes and Elizabeth Williams playing for Nigeria in the Olympics (see this article for more info Ogwumike sisters and Elizabeth Williams file last-ditch CAS appeal to save Olympic dreams ). So Sunday was also likely the deadline for 3 X 3.
I would think that USA basketball had a contingency plan in case something like this happened and Jackie Young was quickly slotted in to make the deadline.
I also thought that Kara Lawson sounded a little bit off while announcing the game. She might have been distracted with the KLS situation.
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I wonder, too...any symptoms?
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It's mainly because polio vaccines were used much more widely. Right now there's a lot of bad information out there and many people are hesitant to get vaccinated against covid-19. That puts everyone at risk, including the vaccinated.