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Pinoy discus thrower Aceveda tests positive for Covid-19, withdraws from Paralympics
By Niel Victor C. Masoy
Aug 29, 2021 5:27 pm

The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) announced in a statement on Sunday afternoon, August 29 that Filipino discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda tested positive for Covid-19 and withdrew from the Tokyo Paralympics.

Aceveda's coach Bernand Buen also yielded a positive Covid-19 result after undergoing the mandatory daily saliva antigen test followed by a confirmatory RT-PCR test.

Discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda and wheelchair racer Jerrold Mangliwan take a stroll at the Tokyo Paralympic Village on Monday. FROM PHILSPADA FACEBOOK PAGE

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