Wheelprofi Simon Gasks may be home - "pointless travel" - German Olympic

The best news of the weekend reached Simon Geschke already on Saturday morning. The bike professional may leave the Olympic Games from Tokyo on Sunday to Eight Day Corona Quarantine. "A nurse told me. But even on demand. I hope that everything works. I have not written," said the Berliner of the German Press Agency (DPA). According to the communication of the German Olympic Sports Association (DOSB), two PCR tests were negatively failed.

His anticipation of the home is great. "Stuff packing has definitely enjoyed a lot of fun, I've packed everything, though still a lot of time is," Sagke said in the evening (local time) in the ARD interview. "I can not wait to come out there." No wonder, because after the pandemic regulations for the summer games, Geschke could have been held up to a maximum of 14 days in the quarantine.

"In the intensive exchange between our senior Olympia doctor Bernd Wolfarth, the authorities and the Medical Commission of the IOC can speed the return journey by two days," said Chef de Mission Dirk Schimmelpfennig der dpa. "Nevertheless, our great regret and compassion for Simon moved, which was brought by the infection around his Olympic experience."

"It happens to me as if I was not at home a year"

The German team tried to facilitate the waiting time with training device and special diet. "Nevertheless, his patience in the quarantine was put on a tough test," said mold. This also confirmed gasks again: "I had a contact person at the DOSB, which has always reported with news. But it was very expensive to send me to the hotel until the end. That had to be registered before and was then searched. "

Has have to isolate themselves: Simon gasked. imago images / sirotti

Overall, the conditions in the hotel would have improved a little bit. "I've noticed that you're a bit more trouble. At breakfast there are more fruit and today a psychologist called me," said Sagke on Saturday. "I'm practical since the German Championships. It seems to me as if I was not home for a year," Sagke said and look forward to the journey home. "It was the meaningless journey of my career. For half the world flown, no race driven - and then stayed a week longer than planned."

Six Dutch in the seat strike

The former tour stay winner also reported to a large echo in its case. Even Australian television asked him to interview. The protest was also the protest six Dutch athletes. Because the windows did not open, the athletes have stepped into the seat strike and had the right to fiftuce a quarter of a half of fresh air per day. "No fresh air is so inhuman - and it's great super-stressful," the skateboarder Candy Jacobs had subled on Instagram.

While the spokesman for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mark Adams, pointed out that one was powerless towards the Japanese authorities, the organizers praised improved. Thus, the team members could provide their affected athletes food in the insulation device. In addition, those affected could now be in the hotel lobby for lunch, said the speaker of the Japanese Organizing Committee, Masa Takaya, on Saturday. "The situation has improved," the Japanese explained. "We did our best", so that the conditions would be more flexible and more bearable for the athletes.

The German medal winners of Tokyo