TOKYO (Reuters) - Spain's women's hockey coach Adrian Lock was expecting to be bawling out instructions at his players from the sidelines at the Tokyo Olympics but has instead been left watching their progress on a laptop in a quarantine hotel after a positive COVID-19. Briton Lock's saliva test came back positive half an hour before he was expected to hop on the team bus for a match against Australia early on Sunday. "We're still doing exactly the same team meetings to prepare the matches," Lock told Reuters via WhatsApp on Tuesday. He added that he relies on a four-way telephone call with other staff members to allow him to coach the team during matches. Lock said Spanish medical officials thought the positive saliva test may have been a result of him testing positive for the virus in June, about a week after having his second COVID-19 vaccine dose.

Source: The Star July 28, 2021 01:41 UTC