Michael Andrew, who made waves for saying he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19, didn't wear a mask behind the scenes after swimming his final at Tokyo2020.
Amy Robach reports from Tokyo on gymnastics and surfing gold medals, Simone Biles and more.TOKYO -- Michael Andrew, who made waves for saying he wasn't vaccinated against COVID-19, didn't wear a mask behind the scenes after swimming his final at the TokyoThe 22-year-old American was maskless when he stopped to speak with reporters in the mixed zone, an area where journalists interview athletes after events.
Asked why he wasn't wearing a mask, Andrew said, “For me, it's pretty hard to breathe in after kind of sacrificing my body in the water, so I feel like myis a little more tied to being able to breathe than protecting what's coming out of my mouth.” “I think it's great that there's procedures but at the end of the day, all of us here have been under quarantine and in the same testing protocol, so there's a level of safety that's comfortable when we're racing,” he said.
The USOPC said after talking to Andrew and reviewing the Games Playbook, they determined he wasn't violating the policy.
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