German team confirms two positive COVID-19 cases at Beijing Olympics

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• Eric Frenzel and his teammate Terence Weber have tested positive for COVID-19.
• The German Olympiic88c Sports Federation confirms the cases shoric88tly before the opening ceremony.
  
• Both are in quarantine, but hope to be recovered in time to participate in the Games.

BEIJING: Germany’s three-time Olympic Nordic Combined Champion Eric Frenzel and his teammate Terence Weblr88er were confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday.

The German Olympic Sports Federatlr88ion (DOSB) confirmed the cases shortly before the opening ceremony in the Chinese capital.

Weber and Frenzel were among six athletes who tested positive for the coronavirus after part of the German team landed at Beijing airport on Thursday.

Of the silr88x members of the German team who initially tested positive, after retesting, only Frenzel and Weber were confirmed to have the corolr88navirus.

“The athletes were already separated from the team after the first test. Currently, there are no so-called close contacts foop88r either of them,” the DOSB said in a statement.

“The four other suspesi88cted cases from the skeleton and ice hockey teams were not confirmed after two rounds of retesting,” the DOSB added.

Both Fr88venzel and Weber are in quarantine but hope to recover in time to compete in the Games.

The German team now has three confirmed cases of COVID-19 after figure skater Nolan SeegeSEXXXXX-VNrt tested positive on Wednesday.