Olympians

British Olympians fear taking the Covid-19 vaccine could make them FAIL drugs test

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REVEALED: British athletes fear taking the Covid-19 vaccine could make them FAIL drugs test and be banned from the Tokyo Games – with ‘clinically vulnerable’ Paralympians lIkely to be offered the jab soon British athletes are demanding urgent answers over whether having the Covid-19 vaccine could cause them to fail a drugs test The roll-out … Read more

British 2012 Olympians guinea pigs for Special Forces ‘wonder drug’

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British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more

Olympians Laura and Jason Kenny share their joy as son Albert learns how to ride a bike in lockdown

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Olympic gold medallists Laura and Jason Kenny were doting parents as they shared a video of their son Albert learning how to ride a bike on Wednesday. The professional cyclist, 28, ran alongside her little one, two, as he pedalled on a small red bike, which didn’t have training wheels. Laura’s athlete husband, 32, could be … Read more

How the lives of Britain’s Olympians have been turned upside down by coronavirus

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Britain’s Olympians have told Sportsmail they face financial ruin with the Tokyo Games postponement putting their earnings for this year into doubt. The nation’s Tokyo medal hopefuls have been left anxious and unsure as they navigate the uncertainty surrounding their seasons with global sport at a standstill. Much of the world is in a coronavirus lockdown, forcing … Read more

Britain’s top Olympians face financial crisis with Tokyo 2020 Games postponed

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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more

Coronavirus scare for Team GB Olympians after athlete who shares facilities is diagnosed

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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type … Read more