The Ct values for Beierl, who had just recovered from Covid-19, were still too fluctuating, for Stadlober and Gallhuber the last test results still have to be evaluated in detail, the ÖOC said.
In the past few days, there was great fear among the 106 athletes nominated for the Olympics that they would get infected with Corona at the last moment and so shortly before departure. Before the big charter flight, the ÖOC tested them all again with almost 150 members of the delegation. For “medical reasons”, as the ÖOC announced, three athletes are now not there. “Caution is the top priority, especially on a charter flight, where we have 46 active people and almost 100 supervisors on board,” ÖOC boss de mission Christoph Sieber is quoted as saying in the broadcast.
“We examine each individual case very carefully and then, in consultation with the athletes concerned, make decisions that are as individually tailored as possible. Katrin Beierl has just recovered, but her CT values in the last few days were still too fluctuating to allow her to travel to China with a clear conscience “The risk that she would have to be quarantined would currently be too great. We would like to spare her this experience,” said ÖOC chief physician Bernhard Unterkofler. At Stadlober and Gallhuber, the last test results still have to be evaluated in detail in order to have final clarity.
Only then can a decision be made as to when the trio can follow. “We already applied very strict controls and guidelines in the run-up to the Summer Games in Tokyo. Athletes’ flights had to be postponed there too. But this caution was rewarded afterwards. We didn’t have a single corona case in Japan for five weeks.” , explained ÖOC Secretary General Peter Mennel.
It could get tight for Stadlober with the commitment for the first competition, which is scheduled for February 5th with the skiathlon. Gallhuber’s slalom takes place on February 9th, Beierl made her first appearance in the monobob race on February 13th.
Source: Nachrichten
