Charantin, a member of the repatriated Australian Olympic team
Over 100 members of the Olympic team, including Australia’s star Olympic swimmers, who returned home after winning nine gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, have been compulsorily quarantined for 14 days.
Ahead of his departure from Tokyo, 200 and 400m freestyle gold medalist Ariane Titmus said he was grateful to have had the opportunity to compete at the Olympics amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said a total of 853 athletes and support staff will return home from Japan on commercial and Chantas chartered flights between 26 July and 14 August.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Matt Carroll said in a statement issued on Tuesday night that “returning team members will not be brought into the International Arrivals Zone for Australians returning from overseas.” Athletes and officials from the Australia Olympic team are not included in the international arrival quota set by the national cabinet. Even though team members are vaccinated and tested for corona every day at the Games, they, like other Australian citizens, will be required to be in quarantine for 14 days upon their return home, and regularly according to the requirements of each state and territory. must pass the test.
Usually the return of the team is followed by an emotional reunion with the cheering crowd and family, but this time the athletes were met by officers and policemen wearing masks. During this his temperature was checked and paperwork was checked.
“We are aware of reports of unacceptable behavior involving members of the rugby and football team on a flight from Japan to Sydney on 30 July,” Carroll said. No formal complaint has been received from the airline, but unacceptable behavior has been brought to our attention and I have raised the issue directly with our member sports CEO. This is extremely disappointing, but both the rugby and football teams have told me that this type of behavior is certainly not acceptable in their sport and I sincerely apologize to the Australian Olympic team.
It is noteworthy that Australian swimmers have created history by winning nine gold medals this time. This number of gold medals is more than the number of previous two Olympic Games. The record also broke the record for winning eight gold medals in swimming at the 1956 home Olympics in Melbourne.
