TOKYO — A Chilean taekwondo athlete and a Dutch skateboarder will miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, their respective national Olympic committees announced Wednesday.
The two athletes – Chile's Fernanda Aguirre and Candy Jacobs of the Netherlands – are the first known athletes to be ruled out of the Games after testing positive upon arrival in Tokyo.
"I am heartbroken," Jacobs said, according to a tweet from the Nethlerlands' Olympic Committee.
Aguirre, 23, won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan-American Games in taekwondo and had been slated to compete in the 57-kilogram weight class, which starts competition Sunday.