Ko won’t let Zika wreck Rio dream
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WORLD No. 1 Lydia Ko says she’s too excited about playing golf at the Olympic Games to worry about the Zika virus — and most other women on tour feel the same.
The top men’s golfers have pulled out of the Games in Rio de Janeiro, many citing Zika health concerns, prompting questions about the sport’s return to the Olympics after 112 years.
But Ko, 19, said she trusted the advise of health experts and was thrilled at the prospect of becoming an Olympian for New Zealand.
“I’m more excited about the Olympics, about the ceremony, about just being part of the Olympic vibe than worrying about the Zika virus,” she said.
“There are so many experts that are taking care of all that... we’ve just got to trust them.”
The two-time major winner said other women golfers were similarly excited.
“To all the girls that I’ve talked to, that’s kind of the response,” Ko said in the pre-Olympic interview that preceded Jordan Spieth’s withdrawal this week from the men’s event. “We’re all excited to go to Brazil and represent our countries and be there amongst the other Olympians.”
World No. 1 Jason Day of Australia, American Dustin Johnson, and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland are among the other top men not going to Rio.
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