Zhangjiakou (dpa) – The corona-positive Olympic champions Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber will definitely not contest the first Olympic individual in Beijing in the Nordic combined. This is what team doctor Stefan Pecher said in Zhangjiakou.
“I can’t release them for the first competition, so I have to protect them,” said Pecher. After consultation with national coach Hermann Weinbuch and the team management, this was “definitely impossible”. The first single will rise next Wednesday.
It’s not about Ct-values, but also “about medical stories and the safety of the athletes”. For the competitions on February 15th and 17th he was “in good spirits”, said Pecher. The two top performers Frenzel and Weber had tested positive for coronavirus after entering China.