Australian skier Katie Parker tests positive for COVID-19 on arrival at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Katie Parker’s nightmare has become a reality after she tested positive to COVID-19 upon arriving in Beijing for the Winter Olympics.

The Australian alpine skier, who contracted the virus last month, may not be allowed to compete in the slalom event on Wednesday due to the result.

The 23-year-old, who was forced to miss the giant slalom on Monday, had returned multiple negative results before travelling to China from her Utah base earlier this week.

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However, due to the increased sensitivity of the testing being used by authorities and the International Olympic Committee, Parker tested positive upon arrival at Beijing airport on Tuesday.

She has been placed into isolation in a hotel room in Zhangjiakou and is anxiously awaiting the results of further tests to prove that she is not infectious.

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Those results will be known Wednesday morning, just hours before she is due to compete.

Australian Olympic Committee Chef de Mission Geoff Lipshut said in a statement that the skier “has always understood this was a possibility”.

“We are doing all we can to give her the opportunity to compete tomorrow but there’s a process to go through. We are still hopeful,” he wrote.

“She is attempting to make her Olympic debut and she has earned her place on the team.”

If Parker’s second test returns as positive, she will miss the Olympics and remain in an isolation facility until she is able to return two negative tests 24 hours apart.

“That is the unfortunate reality. It is a risk she understood before travel,” Mr Lipshut added.

“We