The Tokyo Games organisers on Friday announced 27 new <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Coronavirus-all">COVID-19</a> cases linked with the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/Tokyo+Olympics-all">Olympics</a>, including three athletes, the highest daily count so far.
The three athletes include US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, who on Thursday pulled out of the Games after testing positive for the virus.
The 27 cases, bringing the cumulative Games-related total to 220, comprise 18 residents of Japan and nine from overseas. Of the daily total, two athletes and a Games-related official were staying in the Olympic village.
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The three athletes include US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks, a two-time world champion, who on Thursday pulled out of the Games after testing positive for the virus.

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