On July 17, former South Korean Olympic champion Yoo Seung-min announced on his personal social media that he himself tested positive for the new crown virus and is currently being quarantined at a hotel in Japan.
It is understood that Yoo Seung-min tested positive on July 17 after arriving at Narita Airport in Japan, and he underwent two nucleic acid tests before departing from South Korea, both of which were negative. In addition, he completed two doses of COVID-19 vaccination before flying to Japan.
Liu Chengmin said on his personal social media that he does not have any symptoms at present and will wait as required to see if he can participate in other follow-up activities. He also apologized to those affected by his diagnosis.
Yoo Seung-min, who is now president of the Korean Table Tennis Association, rose to fame by defeating Wang Hao at the 2004 Athens Olympics and winning the men's singles gold medal. He was also elected to the IOC Athletes' Committee. It is understood that his trip to Tokyo was originally planned to attend a number of activities, including the plenary session of the International Olympic Committee.
On July 17, the second team of the Chinese Olympic delegation also arrived at Narita Airport on the same day. This includes the Chinese table tennis team, the Chinese women's football team, the Chinese rowing team and the archery team. At present, except for the Chinese women's football team, which left the airport on the same day to transfer to Sendai to prepare for the Olympic group stage, the other three teams have successfully moved into the Tokyo Olympic Village.
According to South Korean media reports, the South Korean table tennis team plans to go to Tokyo on July 19. I don't know if this sudden change will have an impact on the Itinerary of the Korean team.
On the same day on July 17, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee also released the news: the Tokyo Olympic Village confirmed that an Olympic-related person who arrived in Japan from overseas had tested positive for the new crown virus, and the case was the first confirmed case found in the Tokyo Olympic Village. According to the CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, the case has now been transferred to a hotel outside the Olympic Village.