The 30-year-old Bavarian is therefore out of the home World Cup in Ruhpolding, the “The additional PCR tests carried out on all members of the German team were negative“, it said in a statement from the association.
Kühn, who is tenth in the overall World Cup, had to go into isolation. As the world association IBU announced, contacts are being followed up by the local health authorities. A decision on a quarantine is still pending.
Philipp Horn takes over the starting position
The starting place for Kühn, the only winner of the season for German ski hunters this winter, will be taken over by Philipp Horn from Thuringia.