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==Athletes and sports personalities== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Occupation ! Nationality ! Symptoms |- | [[Oonagh Cousins]] || Rower ||British || After 7 months with Long COVID, Oonagh was steadily improving but unable to train, with symptoms including [[fatigue]] and [[cognitive dysfunction|brain fog]]. She said "On the worst days you struggle to walk or cook a meal or compose an email... As time goes on, you are more able to see friends or go for a short jog."<br>"On the worst days you wake up, and you're like, 'I can't wait until it's night time again'.<ref>{{Cite news | title = Long Covid: Oonagh Cousins, GB rower, on the effects | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/54702500 | publisher =BBC Sport | first =Katie |last =Falkingham | date = Nov 4, 2020}}</ref> |- | [[Grigor Dimitrov]] || Tennis player ||Bulgarian || Dimitrov described being almost recovered after four months "I feel way, way better - I don't even take naps any more or anything like that."<ref name="dimitrov-walton">{{Cite news | title = 'Long covid': Grigor Dimitrov on still suffering from coronavirus symptoms |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/54872855|first =Laura|last = Scott|publisher =BBC Sport | date =November 13, 2020}}</ref> |- | [[Tanysha Dissanayake]] || Tennis Player ||British || Former British junior Tanysha Dissanayake has retired from tennis at the age of 21 due to the effects of long Covid, saying she feels βa million years awayβ from being able to play again. <ref>{{Cite web |website =Eurosport |url = https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/former-british-junior-tanysha-dissanayake-who-played-against-emma-raducanu-retires-aged-21-due-to-lo_sto9191662/story.shtml| title = FORMER BRITISH JUNIOR TANYSHA DISSANAYAKE, WHO PLAYED AGAINST EMMA RADUCANU, RETIRES AGED 21 DUE TO LONG COVID| date =Oct 17, 2022}}</ref> |- | [[Chris Froome]] || Road Racing Cyclist ||Kenyan-British || Froome - a seven-time Grand Tour winner - said that Covid impacted on his heart and his VO2 max, which is the amount of oxygen someone can consume during exercise. <ref>{{Cite web |website =Eurosport |url = https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/tour-de-france/2023/chris-froome-reveals-the-long-term-impacts-of-contracting-covid-19-at-the-tour-de-france-a-heavy-imp_sto9262330/story.shtml| title = CHRIS FROOME REVEALS THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF CONTRACTING COVID-19 AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE: 'A HEAVY IMPACT ON THE HEART' | date =Dec 7, 2022}}</ref> |- |[[Eduardo Rodriguez]] || Baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, now with Detroit Tigers ||Venezuelan|| Developed fatigue and myocarditis after COVID-19, and was unable to play for the rest of 2020<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Morley|first = John E. | date = 2020-10-05 | title = COVID-19 β The Long Road to Recovery|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1473-6|journal=The journal of nutrition, health & aging|language=en|doi=10.1007/s12603-020-1473-6|issn=1760-4788|pmc = 7533666}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/09/26/red-sox-eduardo-rodriguez-cleared-after-covid-related-heart-issue/3546971001/ | title = Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez cleared for physical activity after COVID-related heart issue|last = Gleeson | first = Scott|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-07}}</ref> |- | [[Michael Ojo]] || Basketball player ||American || Died aged 27 during training in Serbia as a result of heart-related complications. Ojo had appeared to have recovered from COVID-19 rather than having the recurring or persistent symptoms that [[long COVID|long-haulers describe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-ojo-former-florida-state-center-dies-age-27/ | title = Former Florida State center Michael Ojo dies after collapsing during training at age 27 | website = CBS news|language=en-US|access-date=2020-11-07}}</ref> |- | [[Jonny Walton]] || Rower ||British || Walton described his early symptoms as: "My heart rate was massively up. We do do a lot of altitude training but it was like being at altitude and having to breathe through a straw... We got on the rowing machine and it appeared that my physiology had just gone overnight, and just kind of fallen off a cliff". He is now back in training and fully recovered.<ref name="dimitrov-walton" /> |- | [[Jonathan Toews]] || Hockey Player ||American||He announced on February 19, 2023 that he was still suffering from symptoms of long COVID and Chronic Immune Response Syndrome. He offered no timetable for his return, commenting, "it has reached the point where I had no choice but to step back and concentrate on getting healthy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/blackhawks-c-toews-dealing-long-202430802.html | title = Blackhawks C Toews dealing with long COVID-19 symptoms | website = Yahoo! Sports|language=en-US}}</ref> On April 13, Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson announced that the team will not re-sign Toews after his contract expires at the end of the season. |- |}
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