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A number of sportspeople eligible for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing stated that they would not attend because of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. In the case of some sports, media speculated that some absentees were unenthusiastic about competing in any case and used COVID-19 as a convenient excuse.

List

Qualified but withdrew due to COVID-19 concerns

Sport Athlete Nationality/Team Ref
Ice hockey National Hockey League players   Canada [1] [2] [3]
  United States

Qualified but withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19

Sport Athlete Nationality/Team Ref
Figure skating Vincent Zhou   United States [4]
Ski jumping Marita Kramer   Austria [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NHL will not send players to Beijing". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "NHL will not send players to Beijing Winter Olympics due to Covid-19". the Guardian. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ "NHL will not send players to Beijing Olympics, citing the COVID-19 surge". CBS News. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Stay Updated with a 2022 Winter Olympics COVID-19 Tracker". 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Beijing 2022 daily COVID-19 cases surpasses 50 for first time". 3 February 2022.