2 time US champ Olympic hopeful Liu out with COVID 19

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two-time champion Alysa Liu withdrew from the U. S. Figure Skating Championships after testing positive for COVID-19 on Friday, less than a day after a third-place finish in the short program put her in position to make the Olympic team. The 16-year-old Liu is at least the fifth competitor to test positive for the virus in the run-up and during nationals, and the third that was expected to make the team for the Beijing Games. The pairs tandem of Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier dropped out the day before the start of competition when he returned a positive test. Just like Knierim and Frazier, who plan to petition for one of the two pairs spots on the Olympic team, Liu has informed U. Figure Skating she will petition for one of the three women’s spots based on her body of recent work.“I’m fully vaccinated, have been wearing a n95 mask and got 2 negative test results before leaving to Nashville, ” Liu posted on her Instagram account shortly after withdrawing. “Things happen unfortunately. ”Amber Glenn also withdrew after a positive test, the announcement coming about an hour before she was to take the ice on Friday night. Glenn arrived with an outside shot at the Olympics but struggled through her short program.“This breaks my heart since I’ve trained so hard and have been so careful, ” said Glenn, who posted a photo of her two positive tests on Instagram. “I have been blaming myself for being so off and just not me during yesterday’s performance and was so confused to how I could’ve felt the way I did. To know I was competing while sick with COVID is awful.“It scares me to think who might’ve been exposed to me. ”Indeed, most stressing to those competing is the fact that several skaters were in close contact with Liu and Glenn on Thursday night. Mariah Bell and Karen Chen, both of whom are vaccinated, even shared a dais with Liu for interviews after the short program, though they were separated by several feet and all wore masks. But Bell and Chen were available for Saturday night’s free skate, which Bell won or her first national championship. Chen was second, and both will be headed to the Olympics. Liu’s positive test came back during a routine test all skaters, coaches and other staff are required to take four days after arriving in Nashville. She had not been displaying any symptoms during practice this week. U. Figure Skating is now going through a contact-tracing process in accordance with CDC recommendations. Liu said she was thankful to U. Figure Skating for “taking the extra precaution and having necessary testing facilities to help keep everyone here as safe as possible. ” She added that she felt good “physically and mentally. ”Liu has long been considered the best hope for an American woman to stand alongside the Russians on the podium in Beijing. The youngest skater ever to win the U. All data is taken from the source: http://dailynews.com Article Link: https://www.dailynews.com/2022/01/07/2-time-us-champ-olympic-hopeful-liu-out-with-covid-19/ #liu #newsuk #newstodayupdate #newstodaydonaldtrump #newsworldfox #usnewsworldreport#

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