PARIS – Ski ace Mikaela Shiffrin and tennis star Andrey Rublev tested positive for Covid-19 just weeks from the Winter Olympics and Australian Open respectively as global sport once again felt the chill wind of the coronavirus.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Shiffrin will miss this week’s World Cup races in Lienz — but with a lead in the overall standings of over 100 points she can probably afford to.
Rublev, though, is more inconvenienced with the first Grand Slam of the season the Australian Open beginning in Melbourne on January 17.
“I have to recover and I will go to Melbourne only when I am certain it is safe for everyone,”…
