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Olympics: Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais tests positive for Covid-19

Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the sport's Olympic debut in Japan.

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Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the sport's Olympic debut in Japan.

Morais, 29, issued a statement on social media Friday evening.

This is likely the saddest video I've ever had to post. In 2019 I qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that were postponed because of COVID-19. And now, because of the virus I won't be able to compete nor represent my country, he said in an Instagram video.

The Portuguese Olympic team said Morais would not travel to Tokyo as planned.

I was very careful. I have been fully vaccinated for over a month, but I ended up contracting the virus, Morais said in a statement issued through Portugal's Olympic team.

 

I feel fine and I will carry out my isolation. I will be following every second of our team.

The International Surfing Association had no immediate comment but its deadline to register alternates is Saturday at 3 p.m. Morais is considered to be the best European surfer in the Tokyo Games.

The eight-day shortboard surfing competition period begins Sunday at Tsurigasaki beach.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Jul 23 2021 | 8:11 PM IST

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