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      Team GB stars will NOT have to quarantine for Olympics Games but sightseeing around Tokyo will be banned

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      TEAM GB stars won’t have to quarantine before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics – but city sightseeing will be forbidden.
      A 20-page athletes playbook will be published next month detailing all the info for this summer’s rescheduled Games.

      Team GB will not have to quarantine before the Tokyo Olympics but will be barred from sightseeingCredit: AFP

      According to IOC Vice President John Coates, Olympians will be tested for Covid-19 72 hours before arriving into Japan and routinely in the Athletes Village.
      But their movement will be confined solely to competition and training.
      Going outside of the bubble to visit Tokyo hotspots will not be allowed.
      It was thought that stars may have to observe a two-week quarantine hotel period like tennis players have done for the Australian Open.

      But that concept has been dismissed by one of the senior figures involved in the organisation.
      Australian Coates, 70, said: “We will release next week a series of playbooks, which will give instructions on what’s required from them before they go to the Games.
      “They must undertake saliva and nose testing within 72 hours of travelling to Tokyo, like we have now introduced in Australia.
      “They will be tested on arrival. Then they will be tested if they continue to be negative every four days.

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      “No quarantine. It’s isolation – they will be limited just to the Olympic Village and the transport to their venue for competition and training.
      “That’s it. No going downtown. Lockdown but not into a hotel.”
      The prospect of a behind-closed-doors Olympic and Paralympic Games has been mooted by IOC boss Thomas Bach but the deadline for that is March or April.
      Coates added: “A decision will be taken on venues. We have to look at the capacity and what the situation is.
      “It may be that there will not be foreign spectators. We should leave those decisions as late as possible.”

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      Chris Smith dead at 43: Team GB star leaves behind wife and two kids after going for run in Scottish hills

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      TEAM GB runner Chris Smith has tragically been confirmed dead after his body was found near a 3,700ft mountain.
      Emergency services were called on Tuesday evening after Smith, 43, did not return home from an afternoon run in the Perthshire hills.

      Tributes have flooded in for mountain runner Chris Smith (centre, right)Credit: Twitter / @smithcj_5

      Tayside Mountain Rescue Team, police and a Coastguard helicopter were deployed to find Smith, who had been on holiday with wife Lindsay and two children.
      On Thursday morning, a search-and-rescue team discovered a body near the 3,700ft Meall Garbh, Glenlyon, pending formal identification.
      A statement on behalf of the family has since confirmed the death.
      It read: “On behalf of our entire family, we are devastated to let you know that Chris has lost his life in Glen Lyon.

      “He was doing what he loved having spent the previous days having the most special time with Lindsay, Cameron and Alastair.
      “We would like to thank everyone for the support they have given us, in particular the mountain rescue teams, emergency services, members of the public and Chris’s friends that joined the search.
      “We will always treasure his energy, spirit and love. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.”
      The Aberdeenshire-born runner competed in international mountain running events for Team GB.

      Chris Smith is survived by a wife and two kidsCredit: PA:Press Association

      The Scot (No4500, centre) was a popular character on the mountain running sceneCredit: Twitter / @smithcj_5
      In the 2016 European Mountain Running Championships in Italy he helped secure Team GB a bronze medal.
      Smith lived in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, and was most recently a member of the Thames Valley Harriers.
      Tributes have flooded in for the much-loved athlete.
      A British Athletics statement on Friday morning added: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Chris Smith, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland mountain runner.
      “Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.”
      Former Olympic sprinter Donna Fraser wrote online: “So sad… my condolences to his family.”

      We are deeply saddened by the passing of Chris Smith, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland mountain runner.Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. pic.twitter.com/vQNJqj90Ix
      — British Athletics (@BritAthletics) October 30, 2020

      The World Mountain Running Association stated: “Everybody at the WMRA is incredibly saddened by the devastating news about Chris Smith.”
      Former Team GB colleague Sarah Tunstall told the organisation: “He was a true gent, selfless team-mate and fantastic athlete who always left everything out there on race day.
      “I have countless fond memories of Chris and am privileged to have shared poignant moments in both our running careers, that will forever make me smile.”
      Andrew Douglas added: “His longevity at the top level of the sport is something I really admire and should be of inspiration to all involved in mountain running. He’ll be sorely missed, one of life’s genuinely special people.”

      Fellow trail runner Gary Priestley tweeted yesterday: “It is with great sadness that I hear Chris Smith’s body has been found.
      “He was an absolute gentleman & a mountain running great as well as very strong on the cross!! Thoughts are with his family!! I’ll never forget the good times we shared. RIP my friend.”
      Team GB 400-metre medallist Katharine Merry wrote online: “Awfully sad news… thoughts with friends and family.” More

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      Mo Farah’s I’m A Celebrity stint backed by athletics chiefs.. as long as Olympic bid stays on track

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      ATHLETICS bosses have welcomed Mo Farah’s Jungle jaunt – provided it doesn’t damage his Tokyo Olympics bid.
      As we told you first, Britain’s most successful athlete, 37, has signed up for this year’s rescheduled I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

      Mo Farah is set to appear on this year’s I’m A Celebrity in North Wales – provided it does not impact his Olympic preparationCredit: Pacemaker Press

      The four-time Olympic champion will join campmates next month at the new venue Gwrych Castle, North Wales, instead of the hot Australian rainforest.
      Eating creepy-crawlies and sleeping in cold, damp tents is not exactly ideal preparation for Farah’s quest to defend the 10,000m Olympic title next July.
      Jo Coates, CEO of UK Athletics, said: “It’s that knife-edge decision.
      “As a marketer, to have athletes in mainstream TV shows is just perfection.

      “However – and a big however – you would never want to do that to the detriment of performance.
      “I’d imagine there have been lengthy conversations. If he is there, there will have been lengthy conversations about whether this would affect performance.
      “The fact that it’s in Wales and not as long a time is very different from many weeks in Australia.
      “Part of our communications strategy is about reaching a new audience. That’s what we have to do.

      “And shows like that take our athletes to a completely different audience. But I would never condone it to the detriment of performance because ultimately that’s what they do.”
      UKA are hopeful they will have two Diamond League meetings on the 2021 calendar, which is published shortly.
      And Coates is confident the UK Indoors trials will happen next February regardless of whether or not they are allowed fans.
      She added: “Even if we don’t sell a ticket we can still put that event on, which is fantastic news for the sport.”

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      Police confirm body found in search for former Team GB fell runner Chris Smith who went missing in Perthshire hills

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      A BODY has been found in the search for former Team GB fell runner Chris Smith who vanished in Perthshire hills. 
      Chris, 43, was reported missing on Tuesday night after he failed to return from a run.

      He had set off on a run from Invervar near Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, at around 3pm. 
      His family, including his wife Lindsay and two children, became concerned when he did not return and called emergency services.
      It sparked a search-and-rescue operation involving mountain rescue teams, Police Scotland and the Coastguard.
      And officers have confirmed today that a body has been found near to Meall Garbh in the Glenlyon area in their search for the missing runner.

      A spokesperson said: “Police Scotland can confirm that at around 11:50am on Thursday, 29 October, 2020, the body of a man was found near to Meall Garbh in the Glenlyon area.
      “Formal identification has yet to take place however the family of missing 43-year-old Chris Smith has been informed.
      “Enquiries remain ongoing and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”
      Smith represented Great Britain in international mountain running competitions.

      In 2016 he helped Team GB win bronze in the European Mountain Running Championships in Italy.
      He is originally from Aberdeenshire but lives in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
      Smith is a member of Thames Valley Harriers.

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