(Reuters) – Two-times Olympic gold medallist Andreas Wellinger’s participation at subsequent month’s Beijing Games is unsure after the German ski jumper mentioned he had examined positive for COVID-19 on Friday.
The 26-year-old, who gained particular person gold in Pyeongchang and staff gold in Sochi, was attributable to return to motion in a World Cup occasion in Titisee-Neustadt on Friday after hurting his knee throughout coaching in Zakopane earlier this month.
“After recovering (from) my knee (damage) I sadly acquired a positive PCR test,” Wellinger mentioned on social media.
“This means I additionally can’t bounce this weekend regardless that I’d have been totally motivated to return to ski leaping. I’m doing wonderful up to now and have to maneuver on now.”
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) have confirmed Karl Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler and Stephan Leyhe for the Games, and are anticipated so as to add two extra males’s ski jumpers to the squad on Jan. 22.
The Beijing Winter Olympics start on Feb. 4.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
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