Kara Eaker OUT As Alternate!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Olympic alternate, Kara Eaker, has tested positive. Teammate and alternate, Leanne Wong has tested negative. But because she was in close contact she also has to self quarantine.
Kara will quarantine for 10 days and be sent home. Currently no word on Leanne's schedule.
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Hopefully there won't be other cases of covid-positive athletes. It must be crushing, after they worked so hard to get there. There is something so awkward about these olympics.
It really is a weird situation. So many things that just make the Games so unfair this time, for everyone involved.
I believe Coco the tennis 🎾 player is also out coz she tested positive...😓💔
Hope Kara gets out of this fine and that nobody else will contract the virus. Also, news reports say that Leanne is also isolated because she is a close contact of Kara, not really because she is unvaccinated as the video says. Anyway, hope the best for them all.
According to Fong, Leanne will have to be quarantine longer because she isn't vaccinated. Maybe I should have been clearer on that point. Thanks for the feedback! ❤️
@@usagtea8072 You couldn't have been more clear in the video. The additional days you speak of here merely rubber stamped it!
I thought it was cast in concrete that all athletes HAD to be vaccinated.
@@karenharper4318 no. IOC would never require that because other countries don’t have the vaccine availability the U.S has
@@karenharper4318 I would have thought they would require all US athletes to be vaccinated. That would have been the smartest move. I'm very surprised Leanne isn't vaccinated - I'd love to know why.
Al: "We did everything we could"
Also Al: has huge GAGE send off for Kara and Leanne with no masks while Missouri is having a huge covid spike.
i would agree but masks dont protect the wearer.
@@si-jx1nb the delta variant is highly contagious and is known to be airborne so why would you risk having two Olympic alternate exposed to so many people before flying off to tokyo. The fact that all of them weren’t in a bubble for 2 weeks before flying to tokyo is in itself ridiculous and definitely not “we did everything we could”
@@si-jx1nb they do protect! If someone contracted COVID while wearing a mask, chances are they were wearing it incorrectly or the wrong type of mask (aka a bandanna/or a non-2-layered cotton mask)
@@si-jx1nb sure, but none of the small unvaccinated children in the send off crowd were wearing masks either. It wasn’t just Kara and Leanne not wearing them.
@@bluelagoon1875 well sure it’s a lie but getting Covid and not going to the olympics is not a lie and maybe this will make you realise that
Makes me wonder, what the winter Olympics will be like, 7 months from now. These Olympics are the strangest, indeed. Especially with no fans present, and athletes testing positive, after working so hard to get to the Olympics.
Wow, I haven't even thought about Winter Olympics. I really hope we aren't in the same boat.
@@usagtea8072 I hope not, either. We'll just hope for the best, for everyone.
I think they will learn from the mistakes made. Last year the ISU was able to host speedskating world championships without an audience in the Netherlands. The international athletes all arrived very early and were sequestered in hotels. A few months later the Dutch hosted the Eurovision song contest. The same tactics were applied and they were able to host it without incidents, except for Duncan Lawrence who got the virus right before the event. Reason: he wasn't quarantined. Two members from the Icelandic entry already had Covid when they arrived but it had not shown up in their initial test. So the entire band was stuck in their hotel room. The dutch took a calculated risk and showed that, it is possible to host a big event. The thing is that the Olympics are a lot bigger than Eurovision. As much as I love the olympics; I don't think it is wise to hold them in 2021. It's unfair on the Japanese.
@@roddo1955 IOC Probably should've skipped the 2020 Olympics altogether; and waited till the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris.
Wait isn't the winter olympics in 2022? Isn't that more than a year away or am I seriously tripped up
What a shame for these two lovely young ladies to have their Olympic experience taken from them because of that 🦠 virus. You’re so right, they are just young kids, in isolation in a foreign country without family. Such a 😢 sad situation for all.
Great vid! Thanks for updating us on the crazy world of gymnastics news ahah
Thanks! Were you the one who asked about it initially?
RUclips removes a lot of comments about it, so I didn’t get a chance to respond. I wish I could’ve have listed your username!
@@usagtea8072 ahaha yes I was! But don’t even worry about it!
I just heard some news from the Olympic Committee - they say a last minute cancellation of the games cannot be ruled out at this point. There are 67 confirmed cases among athletes as of today, 20th July.
Clarification...it's 67 who are associated with the Olympics including officials, workers and athletes. 33 are residents of Tokyo, 28 are Olympic Committeemembers from Foreig countries, that leaves 6 athletes and or officiala
Just cancel this bullshit. It will be a disaster
@@AM93000 Japan can't. They are contractually bound and the cost of cancelling the Olympics would result in crushing debt.
@@pinklabbit we never know what kind of variant will be exist after this games over. All athlete around the world gathered at the same time, hopefully didn't create another wave and disaster
if simone test positive then every olympic medal besides UB with will have an * next to it.
This shouldn’t have made me LOL so much!
Why
Does that also apply if Ou Yushan tests positive and doesn't compete in the beam final?
@@jeffpetrie7744 I mean yeah, no one is saying that Simone is the best gymnastics will ever be? Just that she is currently the most dominant gymnast of all time, and if for some reason she can't compete at this Olympics, everyone knows that the medal standings will be very different than what they would otherwise be. Chill out, dude, you don't need to be so hateful. It's fine.
@@jeffpetrie7744 I'm nor a super fan of her, but it's truth, she is almost unbeatable.
Get well soon girls💕💕💕💕💕💕 we love you so much😍
It was her own coach that 'snitched' on her (making me believe maybe she wanted him to come out with her name?), as all officials kept her identity hidden.
The question about revealing her name is a good one. However, I think this could be a step toward breaking down the "COVID shaming" that has become a very real thing. This is a virus that is hard to control, and we need to stop tiptoeing around it like contracting COVID-19 is a moral failure. My heart goes out to Kara and Leanne.
I'm sorry - but divulging medical information about anyone without permission is against privacy laws in the US - and minors have stricture laws. I have heard that it was actually the parents that were the first to link the name - but I can't confirm. If this is true that the news has a right to report - if it's not it was 100% wrong.
Yes, Kara's parents were interviewed by People magazine about her covid 19 + status. And since Al Fong (coach/ guardian) also confirm it, I guess no one broke the privacy law
Kara is 18 anyway isnt she? She could have leaked it too.
I kinda feel bad that Kara got covid. As if Simone got tested positive, then the news reports would explode. And everyone would cry. And team USA would be in a lot of trouble.
Makes me feel like they should have used that last alternate spot for maybe Riley or shilese just in case. If someone on the main team got sick, they could pull Mykayla to team and give her individual spot to an alternate (I think?)
No offense, but she was an alternate. Her chances of competing at the Olympics were essentially nil anyway. I think I’d have been devastated if I were a primary team member. With that being said, it’s a bummer she’s sick at all. I hope she recovers quickly.
Very strange since fully vaccinated people still are getting the delta variant and are also infectious… the policy therefore doesn’t make any sense.
What policy you mean?The vast majority of people do not get reinfected.
You are right. The narrative doesn't make sense.
So sad and unfair that she can’t compete. It’s wrong! My heart breaks for that girl.
Has Leanne said why she won’t get vaccinated? I’m surprised they chose her as an alternate if she refused to get it.
She said in an interview that her parents are both scientists and they did not get the vaccine either. So I guess she was just following the lead of her parents as most of us do.
And I agree with you that it was surprising that they picked her as an alternate knowing that she would be so vulnerable.
@@QueenKaleGardener Lol at her age she's not...
@@QueenKaleGardener I'm sorry but legit scientists would have gotten the vaccine. refusing the vaccine with the delta variant around is just plain foolish because this strain is aggressive
@@sheagaier7582 I agree with you. I'm just stating what was said in the interview.
I don’t care about Leanne tbh. She purposely came unvaccinated and put others, like Kara at risk. She should’ve never been chosen
Uh, Kara was the one who tested positive, not Leanne.
@@mindyschocolate I know, but Leanne still willingly put other gymnasts at risk of not competing by going.
Can you keep us updated if some athletes are gonna gill their shoes as alternates?
Absolutley!
Since both Leanne and Kara are out will they send more athletes as Alternates?
I’m not 100% sure about this yet. I’ll update if I find out more!
That's the best question I've seen here!
They should've brought shilese from the start due to situations like this. Really dumb move by Tom not to bring the max amount of alternates especially during a much more different olympics.
They cannot. All final names of accredited athletes and any traveling alternates were due July 5th. No one else can be added after that.
@@usagtea8072 What I'd like to know is if MyKayla Skinner could be used as an alternate on the team if necessary (I don't think it would come to that, but curious).
I was wooting for you, we were all wooting for you! How dare you! Learn something from this! When you go to bed at night, you lay there and you take responsibility for yourself - because nobody's going to take responsibility for you.
You're rolling your eyes and you act like it's because you've heard it all before - you've heard it all before - you don't know where the hell I come from, You have no idea what I've been through, but I'm not a victim; I grow from it and I learn.
Take responsibility for yourself!
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Do alternates compete at olimpics? Or they travel "just in case" somebody can not compete?. I think she doesn't miss anything.
If the primary gymnasts all compete at qualifications the alternates are done. They’re not going to compete. They’re there as cheerleaders really.
so now that kara and leanne both cannot compete, will usa be able to pick and send 2 more alternates? or will they just have kayla and emma
They haven’t said, but I speculate that it will just be Kayla and Emma.
There is no way they will send two more people to Tokyo. Anyways all of the alternates have to go home before the games begin so Kayla and Emma will be coming back soon too
@@Tyessy100 mykayla ist specialist, not alternate
Someone said in another post all official athletes had to be signed on by July 5 and no new athletes will be added so no new alternates. Just the two left.
@@Soogle42 Kayla dicello, did you forget she is an alternate
I thought all of the athletes all over the world supposed to be vaccinated for the coronavirus. Wow what happened? Did someone made a mistake ? So sad now the Possibility of not having an Olympic !!! . Wow just days away . 😥😥😥😥😥😥
Kara is vaccinated. However her vaccine is 95% affected - vaccines to not eliminate the risk they make it statistically very small chance. If you do get COVID your symptoms are usually much less than non-vaccinated.
@@michellelosch9928 yes I heard she was vaccinated but I didn't think you can still be tested positive for the delta variant. It was the others who didn't get vaccinated such like the tennis player she wasn't vaccinated.
LOL
IOC didn’t require vaccination
@@valeriavega2761 the Olympic association did to all countrys
I have a question. If any of the team(simone, suni, chiles and McCallum)gets covid, would skinner replace them?
No the alternates are the only people to replace someone on the .. not even in any circumstance is the individual allowed to go in
@@cris1tian.1ove Are you sure? Could I get a source for this because I have heard otherwise several times online. Pretty sure the idea of alternates isn't that heavily policed but I could be wrong
@@cris1tian.1ove I don’t think this is accurate. Someone from the Italian team got injured and Ferrari who was an individual relaxed them.
I’m pretty sure Mykayla can cuz her individual spot was chosen and not mathematically gained like jade’s was.
Yup. Myk is first on the list to make the team if any of the 4 can't make it. Then her spot as specialist can be filled in by anyone from the alternates.
Myk has recently (as of Jul 21) mentioned that there's still chance she can be put into the team anytime.
Well, it's Lee Ann's choice not to get vaccinated, so this comes with the territory. I wish them good health.
@hannahtdlr Oh okay, that was confusing, had to listen to it again. So basically Lee Ann is the culprit, so SHE should be sent home too, as it was her decision to put the team at risk. She could have had a false negative test, hasn't tested positive YET, or whatever else. I stand by my original premise that SOMEONE decided to not get vaccinated and this is what happens. Vaccination should be required to compete.
I guess all the gymnasts were herded together, so is the whole team going to quarantine?
They’ve been moved to separate quarters.
@@usagtea8072 but in time? The whole flight over and preboarding?
@@karenharper4318 I believe they were masked on the flight and six feet apart. They are tested daily anyway. Of another is positive I’m sure we will find out.
Seriously? They were not herded together as you suggest.
The only other direct contact was her travelling partner & roommate; hence the contact trancing. She was not the only athlete to test positive. It's not as though this was not an unknown risk.
She would get her self vaccinated if she really took the responsibility for her self and to others. You could be the carrier even your fully vaccinated and not getting sick. The virus is out there in every thing we touch and associated. Wether those people are fully vaccinated or not but could be a carrier of the virus. The virus just waiting for the next victim or target. Who is not vaccinated. Even those people fully vaccinated can be exposed to a virus but the vaccine will protect people from dying. I pray for our team but they must do their part.
You can't carry the virus if you are vaccinated. My understanding is the gymnast who tested positive is vaccinated and contracted the Delta variation, which is a completely different strain. Her roommate, who is not vaccinated and has not contracted the virus, had to be quarantined for an extended period as a precaution.
I have no idea WHY Simone Biles is even mentioned. Leave her out of this, really.
Isn’t Leanne also? Because she’s also In quarantine so she can’t go in to replace someone.
Yep. They’re both out. We don’t know when Leanne will be going home yet.
All athletes should be vaccinated (respecting the imunization time) before go to Tokyo...
What will happen for their spot would they replace kara and leanne? Or just leave it empty? We know that grace and suni has some injuries so everything is possible unexpectedly anytime
I don't think they can replace them, because the gymnast who would replace them have to quarantine first.
There isn't enough time.
@@usagtea8072 Yeah, I was wondering same thing - they are now down to just two alternates. Though I guess the two individuals are basically like alternates too. But I'm still surprised they didn't take 5 alternates like the men, given this situation was obviously a foreseeable risk. (especially with only 4 on team now, and all scores counting in quals, then 3 up 3 count in final,- it's not like the days when they had 5 or 6 and could afford to have someone on the team get injured and still have enough of the others to compete)
No, Kara no!
IF mykayla teste positive i Will die
Why?
She had COVID already.
@@A.Girl.Has.No.Name. that doesnt mean she cant get it again
@@i.am.heather she is the only one i am rooting for beside the Brazilian gymnasts
Can you talk about usagic?
Que pena por las dos😪
can you please do a video about Gina Gogean???
Wait so Leanne is still in though right?
No. They haven't released her full schedule, but Fong says she has to quarantine longer than Eaker. The Olympics will be in full effect in the mean time.
She will not be sent home but my understanding is that as alternates they would have been onsite - however she won't be.
Too bad one of the US team was not vaccinated!!
the irony if she got it from leanne
She was vaccinated for 3 mo.
If someone CHOSE to not get vaccinated, I have no sympathy for them if they get Covid, or aren't allowed to play with all the other vaccinated kids. Please don't tell people to send them messages of support - we can decide for ourselves how we feel, and how we want to handle our feelings.
"Please don't tell people to show support"
"We can decide for ourselves how we feel and how we want to handle our feelings"
So why are you telling people what not to do? 😂
Leanne is a minor and her parents likely had a huge influence over whether or not she got vaccinated??? Gosh be nice
@@Sierra-dj8rj She's 2 months from turning 18 - I'm sure she could have gotten vaccinated if she wanted to.
@@anisaromano5352 Think about who you're talking about here. This is a 17 year-old elite gymnast who spends something like 40-50 hours a week in a gym at a very expensive tuition rate, paid for by her parents. You don't get to be a gymnast at this level without being extremely obedient, even in the face of the pain of a broken bone, torn muscle/tendon/ligament or, as we have seen proof of, while being molested on a regular basis. To add to all of this, this is an Asian girl from and Asian family. You really think this particular 17 year-old is going to skip off to CVS for a vaccination if her parents have told her they aren't allowing it? These are the kind of people who quit gymnastics and report they haven't eaten a hamburger in 5 years. I sat in the arena in St. Louis for Trials and watched Leanne get berated by Al Fong for over 20 minutes for falling off the beam. You and I would have told Al Fong where to go and how fast to get there. You may have told your parents where to go when they forbid your vaccine. But, neither of us is or has been on the USA Gymnastics team, either, and this is one of many reasons why.
@@mjamitche5245 It would be insane of Al Fong to NOT insist his gymnasts get the vaccine. He should have been encouraging EVERYONE old enough to get it, to run out and get vaccinated. Especially going to such a crowded place as the Olympics. If you want to control a child, then control them in a way that is best for their health. How could he have expected her to perform to a degree that would boost his ego if she's got Covid?
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