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Golfers Say Zika Virus Will Not Put Them Off Their Stroke At Rio Games


Champ Kind
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2016-02-09T150125Z_1_LYNXNPEC180RO_RTROPTP_2_GOLF.JPGBy Mark Lamport-Stokes and Matt Smith LOS ANGELES/DUBAI (Reuters) - Leading male golfers say they will not allow fears about the Zika virus keep them away from Brazil when their sport returns to the Olympics after an absence of more than a century. The spread of the mosquito-borne virus spread across Latin America has given some athletes preparing for the Games in Rio de Janeiro in August cause for concern. Kenya threatened on Tuesday to pull its elite runners and other athletes out unless it got assurances they would not be exposed to the virus outbreak in Brazil.

 

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