German multiple Olympic champion Eric Frenzel's isolation room at the Beijing Winter Games is 'unacceptable', Germany's team chief Dirk Schimmelpfennig said on Saturday, demanding immediate improvement.
Nordic Skiing - FIS Nordic World Ski Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany - March 4, 2021 Germany's Eric Frenzel in action during the men's HS137 ski jumping REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File PhotoBEIJING, Feb 5 - German multiple Olympic champion Eric Frenzel's isolation room at the Beijing Winter Games is "unacceptable", Germany's team chief Dirk Schimmelpfennig said on Saturday, demanding immediate improvement.
The conditions, however, do not meet the standards of the athlete and the team, Schimmelpfennig told reporters, with cleanliness, the quality of food and WiFi a problem.He said efforts were being made to improve isolation conditions for all three German athletes who have tested positive, with figure skater Nolan Seegert also in quarantine.
"We are in close contact with Eric . The hotel room is unacceptable and there has to be a change," he said. "We are in intensive talks with the International Olympic Committee and BOCOG both on an operational as well as political level to get improvements. More than 350 Games participants, including athletes, staff and media, have tested positive upon arrival in the Chinese capital since Jan. 23.
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