Confusion as Australia's curling team are allowed to compete after Tahli Gill tests positive for Covid

Australia’s curlers will continue to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after it was initially thought they would all fly home after Tahli Gill tested positive for Covid-19. Gill returned a series of positive Covid-19 tests and had been placed into isolation ahead of her planned return to Australia.

Ad/> Gill and her mixed doubles partner Dean Hewitt were due to play their final two matches in Beijing on Sunday, but the decision was made earlier in the day for the team to forfeit the games and return to Australia. Beijing 2022'Never give up' — GB rally to beat China in crucial mixed doubles clash3 HOURS AGO Just hours later and the Chinese public health system's medical expert panel convened to examine Gill’s CT values following PCR testing over the past 24 hours and determined that they fell into an acceptable range.

As a result, Australia will continue to compete in the curling. The Australian Olympic Committee said in a statement: «The Australian Olympic Committee has just received an email from the Chinese Public Health System advising that the pair can continue under the close contact provisions.» Beijing 2022 LIVE GB rally to beat China in crucial mixed doubles curling clash Australian Olympic Team Chef de Mission Geoff Lipshut said the pair were excited to be able to resume their participation.

«We are thrilled for Tahli and Dean and I am delighted that our headquarters team continued pressing her case, after earlier advice that the pair could no longer compete,» he said. Gill and Hewitt had already been eliminated from the semi-finals after losing their first seven round robin games, sitting bottom of the standings, but had two matches remaining against Switzerland and Canada.