Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm Test Positive Before Olympics - The New York Times

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The men’s golf tournament at the Olympics will begin on Thursday without either of the last two U.S. Open winners.

The American golfer Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open winner, and Jon Rahm of Spain, the 2021 winner, both pulled out of the Olympics on Sunday after testing positive for the coronavirus.

In June, Rahm had been forced to pull out of the Memorial Tournament with a six-stroke lead after a positive test. At the time he said he had been vaccinated but had not completed the 14-day period after which the protection becomes robust.

The announcement of his latest positive test came from the Spanish Olympic Committee and was brief. It did not speculate on why or how Rahm had tested positive a second time. It did say that two earlier tests had been negative.

DeChambeau will be replaced by Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters winner. Rahm, currently the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, will not be replaced on the Spanish team.

DeChambeau tested positive as part of normal testing procedures for all athletes and others heading to Tokyo for the Games, U.S.A. Golf said.

“I will now focus on getting healthy, and I look forward to returning to competition once I am cleared to do so,” DeChambeau said in a statement.

The rest of the men’s team is Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa, the reigning British Open champion. The men’s tournament begins on Thursday.

Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 after a more than 100-year absence. Justin Rose of Britain won the gold medal for the men and Inbee Park of South Korea for the women.

New Reported Coronavirus Cases at the Olympics

So far, at least 137 people with Olympic credentials, including 16 athletes, have tested positive for the coronavirus in Japan. Others have tested positive before their departure to the Games and are not included in the chart below.

Athletes who have tested positive for the coronavirus

Scientists say that positive tests are expected with daily testing programs, even among the vaccinated. Little information on severity has been released, though public reports suggest that cases among athletes have generally been mild or asymptomatic. Some athletes who have tested positive have not been publicly identified.

Date	Name	Sport	Country
July 23	Jelle Geens Belgium	Triathlon	Belgium
	Simon Geschke Germany	Road cycling	Germany
	Frederico Morais Portugal	Surfing	Portugal
July 22	Taylor Crabb United States	Beach volleyball	United States
	Reshmie Oogink Netherlands	Taekwondo	Netherlands
	Michal Schlegel Czech Republic	Road cycling	Czech Republic
	Marketa Slukova Czech Republic	Beach volleyball	Czech Republic
July 21	Fernanda Aguirre Chile	Taekwondo	Chile
	Ilya Borodin Russian Olympic Committee	Swimming	Russian Olympic Committee
	Amber Hill Britain	Shooting	Britain

Note: Data is shown by the date in Tokyo when a case was announced. Some athletes tested positive before arriving in Japan.

Sources: Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and staff reports.

By Jasmine C. Lee and John Yoon

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