World champion pole-vaulter Sam Kendricks tests positive for coronavirus

US pole vaulter Sam Kendricks has tested positive for coronavirus (Martin Rickett/PA)

American pole-vaulter Sam Kendricks has been ruled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus, the United States Olympic Committee has confirmed.

Kendricks, the reigning world champion who won bronze at the Rio Games in 2016, has left the Olympic Village and been transferred to a quarantine facility in the Japanese capital.