Winter Olympics: Hong Kong skier Audrey King out of quarantine after double negative Covid-19 test just days before slalom event
- Olympic Committee confirms the 19-year-old tested negative on Tuesday and Wednesday
- ‘Although definitely not how I expected my Olympic experience to start, I’m just happy and grateful that I was able to test negative so quickly’, King says
Hong Kong alpine skier Audrey King left quarantine on Thursday after she clocked two consecutive negative Covid-19 tests.
Now out of her quarantine hotel and returning to the Olympic Village under close monitoring, the women’s slalom entrant was allowed to train in isolation with just days to spare for her Games debut.
“I’m trying to remain positive,” said King, who previously said she had “no symptoms” and was “feeling fine”.
“I’ve been testing negative so I’m confident that I can be released and hopefully get back to training soon.
“Treating it as another bump in the road, and although definitely not how I expected my Olympic experience to start, I’m just happy and grateful that I was able to test negative so quickly.”
There are still hurdles to jump before King gets back on the slopes, however. The SF&OC outlined the strict Beijing Games protocol required, and what the representative trio can expect in the next few days.
“Close contact” teammate Adrian Yung Hau-tsuen and head coach Marko Rudic, who both tested negative at Beijing Capital International Airport, also tested negative but are still in isolation according to Olympic guidelines.