The latest on the Tokyo Olympics

A volunteer has their body temperature checked at the entrance of Nippon Budokan on July 25.
A volunteer has their body temperature checked at the entrance of Nippon Budokan on July 25. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)

Tokyo reported 1,763 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, the second official day of competition for the Olympic Games, according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Last Sunday, the Japanese capital reported 1,008 new Covid-19 cases.

There have been 137 Covid-19 cases linked to the Tokyo 2020 Games, according to organizers.

Additionally, below is the list of athletes CNN has reported so far who have dropped out of Tokyo 2020 due to a positive Covid-19 test or were placed in Covid-19 protocol in recent weeks.  

  • Total number of athletes who tested positive in Japan: 13
  • Total number of athletes who tested positive or placed in protocol prior to departing for Japan: 12
  • Not clear where the athlete tested positive: 1

(*players tested positive in Japan)

Team USA: 6

Katie Lou Samuelson – Women’s 3×3 Basketball  

Coco Gauff – Women’s Tennis  

*Kara Eaker – Women’s Gymnastics  

*Taylor Crabb – Men’s Beach Volleyball 

Bradley Beal – Men’s Basketball

Bryson DeChambeau – Golf 

Rest of the World: 20

*Simon Geschke – German Cyclist 

Frederico Morais – Portuguese surfer

*Finn Florijn – Dutch Rower 

Amber Hill – Great Britain Shooting   

Dan Evans – Great Britain Tennis    

Johanna Konta – Great Britain Tennis  

Hector Velazquez – Mexico Baseball   

Sammy Solis – Mexico Baseball   

Alex de Minaur – Australia Men’s Tennis  

Ilya Borodin – Swimmer on Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

*Thabiso Monyane – South Africa Men’s Football   

*Kamohelo Mahlatsi – South Africa Men’s Football   

*Pavel Sirucek – Czech Republic Men’s Table Tennis   

*Candy Jacobs – Netherlands Women’s Skateboarding   

*Fernanda Aguirre – Chile Women’s Taekwondo   

*Ondrej Perusic – Czech Republic Men’s Beach Volleyball  

*Reshmie Oogink- Netherlands Taekwondo

*Marketa Nausch- Czech Woman’s Volleyball

*Michal Schlegel – Czech Men’s Cyclist 

John Rahm – Spain Men’s Golf

source: cnn.com