The big Olympic simulation game for biathletes

Due to growing concerns about infection with the omicron variant, German biathletes have changed their travel plans for the Winter Olympics in Beijing. “It was planned that the athletes would be allowed to go home for another day or two after Antholz. We have changed that,” said the German team doctor Jan Wüstenfeld dpa .

Now they want to avoid short-haul flights if possible and cover the necessary distances by car. “We will drive directly from Antholz to Frankfurt to the airport and also forego the domestic flight from Munich in order to minimize contacts,” continued Wüstenfeld. Getting all athletes to Beijing without infection is currently the biggest concern. It shows that this is not unfounded the corona infection of Johannes Kühn, currently Germany's best biathlete, which was officially confirmed on Wednesday afternoon. Plans are also being worked on in Antholz The biathletes are currently at the World Cup in Ruhpolding and are already minimizing contacts enormously. “We’re trying to keep the bubble as tight as possible,” said Wüstenfeld. The athletes live in single rooms, there is a fixed table distribution with two athletes each for eating, and wearing FFP2 masks is mandatory. “We are very concerned that someone else will become infected. At Omicron there is a very high risk that the entire team will be infected.” In Oberhof, Fillon Maillet celebrated in front of empty stands. © ANSA / RONALD WITTEK

At least the risk on the part of the organizers has already been drastically reduced. As in Hochfilzen and Oberhof, the World Cup in Ruhpolding will also take place in front of empty stands. You want to be there too Lukas Hofer is slowly getting back into the World Cup as he spoke to SportNews had betrayed.

By the way, the same restrictions apply at the pre-Olympic World Cup in Antholz a week later. The competitions there are important because they take place at a similar altitude to the races in the Olympic venue Zhangjiakou. The first Olympic race is the mixed relay on February 5th.

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The big Olympic simulation game for biathletes

Of course, Corona is also the big topic in the run-up to the Olympic Games. In order to best protect yourself from infection with the new Omicron variant, the associations are becoming extremely creative when planning travel. This is shown by the example of the German biathlon stars.

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