Australian alpine skier Katie Parker to fly to China for Winter Olympics despite COVID

Alpine skier Katie Parker is rolling the COVID-19 dice, with Australian Olympic officials unsure if she will pass a test when she arrives in Beijing.

The Olympic debutant is already missing the giant slalom after she had to delay her planned flight and must pass the arrival test to be able to compete.

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She was unable to produce two negative tests within a 48-hour period, which is required by Games officials for entry into China and the Olympic bubble.

Having managed now to do this, Parker will attempt to fly into Beijing from the United States on Tuesday, pass a COVID-19 at the airport, and then compete 24 hours later in the slalom event.

Australian team chef de mission Geoff Lipshut admitted he didn’t know if she would pass the Beijing airport test.

The Olympic test regime has a lower threshold for a positive test than in Australia or the US.

Australian curler Tahli Gill, who had COVID-19 in December, continued to produce positive and negative results while in Beijing.

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On Sunday she was initially banned from competing until AOC medical staff, including an infectious disease expert, and their own PCR testing in the village produced evidence that she wasn’t contagious.

They convinced Games officials to allow her and mixed doubles partner Dean Hewitt to play in their final two matches.

If Parker fails the Beijing airport test, with the outcome known within hours, she would have to remain in isolation until a second test 24 hours later -