Bratislava (dpa) – Without Julius Kühn, who tested positive for the corona virus, the German national handball team has to play the other preliminary round games in Slovakia at the European Championship.
As reported by the German Handball Association, the test on the backcourt player in the morning gave a positive result. According to the association, the 28-year-old has been vaccinated three times and is symptom-free. Kühn went into isolation in the evening after the result became known.
This means that national coach Alfred Gislason not only has to do without Kühn in the game against Austria this Sunday (6 p.m. / ARD) in Bratislava, but also in the last preliminary round game on Tuesday against Poland. The German selection had won against Belarus by 33:29 on Friday. Further corona tests are scheduled for Sunday.
“We hope that Julius doesn’t get sick now,” said DHB sports director Axel Kromer and explained that the MT Melsungen player would not be available again until a possible main round at the earliest. “He’s staying in his single room overnight. It’s possible that he’ll have to move to a quarantine hotel tomorrow,” explained Kromer. He added: “We are not even starting to look for where he could have been infected. We have followed all the rules.”
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