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Two of Team GB’s best hopes of gold medals in Tokyo have described feeling ‘petrified’ and ‘paranoid’ of the possibility of missing out at the 11th hour because of Covid.
Twelve of the competing nations have so far seen at least one member of their delegations forced to isolate in recent weeks because of the virus, with the Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur the latest to be ruled out because of a positive test.
It has added to the already substantial fear around the camps that five years of preparation for the Olympics could be wrecked in the final weeks by a diagnosis or a close contact.
Jade Jones is aiming to become the first British woman to win at three successive Games
Taekwondo athlete Jade Jones, who is aiming to become the first British woman to win at three successive Games, said: ‘The hardest bit is being petrified you’re going to test positive. I’ve had the vaccines and I’ve had Covid (in January) so it’s highly unlikely but you still don’t want to get a positive test because that means game over, you’re out.
‘To have your Olympic dreams pending on that is scary. I constantly wear the mask. My hands are raw from the amount of hand gel I’ve been putting on. We walk in single file to training, literally little a traffic system so no-one comes near us and
