With positive coronavirus cases beginning to be recorded in the Olympic Village, the list of athletes forced to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 is only likely to lengthen.
Here, the PA news agency keeps track on the star names whose dreams of competing in the Japanese capital have already been curtailed by the virus.
Coco Gauff
Coco Gauff said she dreamed of representing the US at the Tokyo Olympics (Jed Leicester/PA)
Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta missed Wimbledon then tested positive for coronavirus (Zac Goodwin/PA)
Alex De Minaur
Alex De Minaur is the first Australian athlete to test positive (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Dan Evans
Dan Evans initially expressed reluctance to go to Tokyo (Adam Davy.PA)
Amber Hill
Amber Hill was expected to challenge for gold in Tokyo. (Mike Egerton/PA)
Bryson DeChambeau
USA’s Bryson Dechambeau will not compete in Tokyo. (Richard Sellers/PA)
Jon Rahm
Spain’s Jon Rahm is out of the Olympics. (Richard Sellers/PA)
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