Australia’s swimmers on high alert ahead of world championships after superstar Ariarne Titmus tested positive to Covid following team photoshoot
- Ariarne Titmus tested positive for Covid following a Speedo swimsuit launch
- Six other Australian Swim Team members also attended the high-profile event
- The swimmers are all being monitored but no one else has tested positive so far
- Titmus is expected to resume training for the Commonwealth Games next week
Australia’s swim team is on high alert after Olympic star Ariarne Titmus tested positive for Covid just eight weeks ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Titmus is reportedly isolating in Brisbane after testing positive to the virus following a high profile Speedo swimsuit launch on Wednesday.
S everal other members of the Australian Swim Team are now being closely monitored for symptoms as they also attended the event.
Olympic star Ariarne Titmus (above) has tested positive for Covid just eight weeks ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games
Ariarne Titmus (above) is expected to resume training next week after testing positive for Covid just days after a high profile Speedo swimsuit launch
The swim stars include world champion Emma McKeon, Olympic breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook, Rio Olympics champion Mack Horton, sprint star Mollie O’Callaghan, and emerging distance swimmers Elijah Winnington and Lani Pallister.
O’Callaghan and Winnington are at even more risk of exposure as they train with Titmus at Brisbane’s St Peters Western Pool.
Neither Titmus or McKeon had planned to race at the Budapest world titles in two weeks but their teammates are due to fly out for a Spain staging camp on Saturday night ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
All athletes were tested following the Speedo event and Swimming Australia confirmed that as of Friday no other swimmers had tested positive.
Other at-risk swimmers are Mollie O’Callaghan (far left), Elijah Winnington (third from left), Zac Stubblety-Cook (fourth from left), Emma McKeon (fifth from right), Lani Pallister (fourth from right), and Mack Horton (third from right) after attending a Speedo event with Ariarne Titmus (centre) on Wednesday
Team doctors will continue to monitor the athletes and are following protocols to ensure the virus does not spread in the team.
‘Ariarne has returned a positive test and has been isolating appropriately,’ a Swimming Australia spokesman told The Courier Mail.
‘Those other athletes who attended the launch are following the relevant precautions as set out by the team doctor and all have returned negative tests.
‘There is no delay to the planned travel over the weekend.’
Titmus is expected to resume her training for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beginning in July 28, sometime next week.
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