Olympics-Shooting-Britain's Hill out of Games due to COVID-19 positive


  • Shooting
  • Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Shooting - ISSF World Cup Shotgun - Lonato, Italy - May 10, 2021 Britain's Amber Hill celebrates second place in the Women's Skeet Final REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's world number one shooter Amber Hill withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday after she tested positive for COVID-19 before departure, Team GB said in a statement.

Hill, who was due to compete in Olympic Skeet, said she was devastated.

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