Covid forces Irish star to miss European figure skating championships

Sam McAllister will be replaced by substitute Conor Stakelum who will be competing at his fourth Europeans.

Sam McAllister

Ireland's Sam McAllister has been forced to withdraw from next week's ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Estonia due to a positive Covid-19 PCR test.

It is an especially bitter pill for McAllister as he had also been selected for the 2021 Europeans in Zagreb, Croatia which were subsequently cancelled due to the pandemic.