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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 30, 2021

YP Daily Roundup 7/30/21

Stay up-to-date on what’s in the news with the Y’all Politics Daily Roundup.  YP – Wicker calls out for justice for Mississippi Olympian Olympian Sam Kendricks, a pole vaulter from Oxford, Mississippi, was denied the opportunity to compete at the Tokyo Olympics after a single positive COVID-19 test. Kendricks had tested negative three times before…
News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
July 29, 2021

Wicker calls out for justice for Mississippi Olympian

Wicker says the false positive COVID test should not disqualify Sam Kendricks. Olympian Sam Kendricks, a pole vaulter from Oxford, Mississippi, was denied the opportunity to compete at the Tokyo Olympics after a single positive COVID-19 test. Kendricks had tested negative three times before the positive test. After entering quarantine, Kendricks took another COVID-19 test that…