BEIJING (Reuters) – German determine skater Nolan Seegert’s participation on the Beijing Games is unsure after he examined positive for COVID-19, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) mentioned on Wednesday.
Seegert, who competes in pairs with Minerva Fabienne Hase, doesn’t have any signs and is isolating in a resort room.
“There is presently a confirmed so-called shut contact, additionally within the determine skating group,” DOSB mentioned in an announcement.
“The athlete could also be launched from quarantine if there are two consecutive destructive tests with a 24 hour interval. Those affected are examined twice a day.”
Many athletes have been dominated out of the Feb. 4-20 Games after testing positive on arrival on the airport whereas others who’re asymptomatic are isolating.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
