2 Athletes COVID-19 Positive in Beijing Games Warmup Events

Workers wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 walk past a sign reminding visitors to show proof of a negative coronavirus test to enter the Beijing National Aquatics Center during the World Wheelchair Curling Championship, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, on Oct. 29, 2021. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo

BEIJING—Organizers of February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing said Friday that two foreign athletes had tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for the Games.

They also expressed sympathy for a Polish luge competitor who cracked his left kneecap and suffered deep cuts on his right leg at the Olympic sliding center this week in a crash that has been blamed on human error.