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2016 Rio Paralympic Games gold medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu won’t go about as India’s flagbearer at the Tokyo Paralympics as he was exposed to a COVID-19 carrier, his mentor Satyanarayana expressed in a video message on Tuesday.
Javelin thrower Tek Chand will step in as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony on Tuesday, Satyanarayana added.
“During his flight from Delhi to Tokyo, Mariyappan came in close contact with a COVID-19 patient. Mariyappan has been tested for COVID-19 over the last six days, and the reports are negative. He will have no trouble training and competing in his event,” he said.
“He will miss only the opening ceremony, as he has been barred from it by the Organising Committee. All others in the Indian contingent are safe,” Satyanarayana added.
Disc thrower Vinod Kumar likewise came in close contact with the COVID-19 transporter, PCI Secretary General Gursharan Singh said. Vinod also has consequently tested negative and will contest on his occasion.
Mariyappan, who contends in the men’s high leap F42 occasion, has been isolating in his room in the Village for conceivable openness to Covid-19 according to the wellbeing security conventions characterized by the Japanese government.
The opening ceremony begins at 4:30pm IST today.
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