Athletes warned to stop hugging each other on Olympic podium

• Early celebrations lead to IOC reminder over Covid rules
• But masks can be removed for 30 seconds for podium photos

Athletes have been warned to stop hugging each other on the Olympic podium as such celebrations breach strict Covid rules laid out in the Tokyo 2020 rules.

All 12 swimmers from the Australia, Canada and US 4x100m relay medal-winning teams hugged each other after Sunday’s final, as did 400m individual medley champion Chase Kalisz and his US compatriot Jay Literland.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3y595fS