Kelsey-Lee Barber still set for Commonwealth Games despite Covid setback

• Australia's world champion javelin thrower is asymptomatic
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Two-time world javelin champion Kelsey-Lee Barber is still set to compete at the Commonwealth Games, despite testing positive to Covid-19 in transit from the world athletics championships in the US to the Games training camp in the UK.

As she is asymptomatic, hopes are high that the 30-year-old should still be able to compete in Birmingham. Barber has won javelin bronze and silver at the past two editions of the Commonwealth Games. The women's javelin final in Birmingham is on 7 August.