Olympic Games 2021: The athletes who have had to leave Tokyo 2020 due to covid-19

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The 2020 Summer Olympics are finally underway in Tokyo.

The competition began on Wednesday, more than a year after the original start date.

The Games were delayed due to the pandemic, but with Covid-19 still spreading uncontrollably in Japan, organizers have been forced to take unprecedented steps to keep competitors and the public safe.

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Athletes who contracted coronavirus had their Olympic dreams frustrated.

Some tested positive in Japan, some before they arrived.

See what athletes do in the Olympic Village 2:00

These are the athletes that we know have been publicly withdrawn due to covid-19 health and safety protocols.

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USA: 5

Katie Lou Samuelson - 3x3 Basketball

Coco Gauff - Tennis

Kara Eaker - Gymnastics

Taylor Crabb - Beach Volleyball (According to NBC)

Bradley Beal - Basketball (Included in health and safety protocol, but has not publicly disclosed a positive covid-19 test)

Czech Republic: 5

Pavel Sirucek - Table Tennis

Ondrej Perusic - Beach Volleyball

Michal Schlegel - Cycling

Markéta Sluková-Nausch - Beach Volleyball

Barbora Hermannova - Beach Volleyball (Discarded because her partner Sluková-Nausch tested positive for Covid.)

Great Britain: 3

Amber Hill - Tire

Dan Evans - Tennis

Johanna Konta - Tennis

Mexico: 2

Héctor Velázquez - Baseball

Sammy Solis - Baseball

South Africa: 2

Thabiso Monyane - Soccer

Kamohelo Mahlatsi - Soccer

Australia: 1

Alex de Minaur - Tennis

Chile: 1

Fernanda Aguirre - Taekwondo

Holland: 1

Candy Jacobs - Skateboarding

Russia: 1

Ilya Borodin - Swimming

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