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Hockey participant Navjot Kaur dominated out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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India midfielder Navjot Kaur’s marketing campaign on the Commonwealth Games got here to an abrupt finish as she is about to fly again house after testing optimistic for COVID-19.
The 27-year-old from Kurukshetra had been in isolation for the previous two days.

“Experienced player Navjot Kaur had tested positive for Covid 19, however is showed no symptoms,” learn a Hockey India assertion on the 27-year-old who had been in isolation for the previous two days. “She has been permitted to travel back to India tomorrow. She has been replaced by Sonika.”

Navjot, a member of the silver-winning staff at Jakarta Asian Games, additionally gained a bronze medal with India in Incheon Games again in 2014. Her being dominated out of the video games comes a day after India gained their opening match on the Commonwealth Games 5-0 towards Ghana on Friday. They face Wales of their subsequent match on Sunday.

Earlier, two cricket gamers from the Indian contingent for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Pooja Vastrakar and S Meghana, had additionally examined optimistic earlier than departure from India however have recovered. While Meghana has already joined the staff, Pooja is prone to be part of earlier than the third sport towards Barbados on August 3.
Earlier this week, the Games organisers had stated that the Games Village was reporting a dozen circumstances per day.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has suggested the gamers within the nationwide contingent to keep away from public appearances and keep indoors in view of the continuing menace of the COVID-19 pandemic which may hamper their possibilities of participation.