Japan's world athletics team hit with 11th coronavirus case

Marathon runner Hitomi Niiya has become the 11th member of the Japanese team at the World Athletics Championships to test positive for the coronavirus, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Sunday.Niiya, who had a fever before testing positive, was forced to pull out of Monday's women's marathon. Mao Ichiyama also tested positive earlier, leaving Mizuki Matsuda as the only Japanese running the 42.195-kilometer race on Day 4 of competition.Three coaches also tested positive, joining Ichiyama's husband and fellow marathon runner Kengo Suzuki, as well as head coach Kazuhiko Yamaz…READ FULL ARTICLE