AP Interview: Italian swimmers locked up in Alpine resort
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, file)ROME – The high-altitude training camp in the Alps was supposed to represent ideal preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. Instead, a large portion of the Italian swimming team — 13 elite athletes — has been locked in their tiny hotel rooms for nearly two weeks with the coronavirus. “We gave them some exercises to do and some of the athletes have told us they are doing them. Simone Sabbioni and Alice Mizzau, two more Italian swimmers from a different club, are quarantined in another hotel. All of the swimmers tested positive again in the latest round of tests on Thursday, although they are now all asymptomatic.
The Latest: Italy's swim team now in quarantine
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Italian swim team’s preparations for the Tokyo Olympics are in crisis with 10 more athletes testing positive for the novel coronavirus. The federation says all of the swimmers are asymptomatic and that no staff members have tested positive. ___The Mountain West football game between New Mexico and Colorado State has been canceled due to COVID-19. Florida’s football team has had 31 positive tests in October. Overall contenders Simon Yates and Steven Kruijswijk had already been withdrawn from the race after testing positive.