The Canadian Olympic team's top doctor was confident in measures designed to reduce risk of COVID-19 infection among the team and in the village.
While there are athletes from other countries who have tested positive for the virus after arrival in Tokyo, no Canadian athlete had as of Friday morning local time when the Canadian Olympic Committee held a virtual news conference."There have been positives within the village in other teams. These positives have shown that the system is working and importantly there have not been any instances of any transmission within the village.
To reduce numbers and the risk of infection, athletes aren't allowed into villages until five days before their competition. "Any athletes who are competing within, I would say two days of the opening ceremony, are normally never walking ." Canadians will compete in rowing heats and archery preliminaries Friday. Canada hasn't set hard medal targets for the Tokyo Olympics.
"This has been such an incredible journey. Not only for Team Canada, but for our fellow nations, to finally be here and seeing competition now underway is very hard to put in words and is very emotional for us all." "Everyone's been talking about risk these days. There's no zero risk in life," COC president Tricia Smith said. "There's only more risk and less risk.
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