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DSV-Alpindirektor bursts the collar in the ARD - he puts the Olympic demand at the traffic lights

2022-01-10T04:22:29.239Z


DSV-Alpindirektor bursts the collar in the ARD - he puts the Olympic demand at the traffic lights Created: 01/10/2022, 05:12 AM From: Andreas Schmid Wolfgang Maier is Alpine Director in the German Ski Association. © Patrick Steiner / Gepa / Imago (archive photo) The Olympics 2022 will start soon. Shortly before the Games, DSV Alpine Director Maier suspects test fraud in China - and demands the


DSV-Alpindirektor bursts the collar in the ARD - he puts the Olympic demand at the traffic lights

Created: 01/10/2022, 05:12 AM

From: Andreas Schmid

Wolfgang Maier is Alpine Director in the German Ski Association.

© Patrick Steiner / Gepa / Imago (archive photo)

The Olympics 2022 will start soon. Shortly before the Games, DSV Alpine Director Maier suspects test fraud in China - and demands the possibility of an individual boycott from the traffic lights.

Adelboden - The Olympic Games will begin in Beijing on February 4th.

Less than a month before the mega-event, the Alpine Director of the German Ski Association, Wolfgang Maier, clearly criticized the host in an angry speech in front of the cameras.

On the sidelines of the Ski World Cup in Adelboden, Switzerland, Maier spoke of arbitrary corona tests, the threat of manipulation by China - and reprimanded German politicians being abandoned.

Olympic demand on traffic lights: "that would be a political statement"

In the ARD, Maier took a very explosive position on a boycott of the Olympic Games, which has been discussed again and again. “In theory we could do that,” said the 61-year-old from Berchtesgaden. "But if you look at the whole system, for example, when it comes to sports funding, then we are also in a certain degree of dependency." In addition, the German Ski Association cannot decide on the athletes. "Personally, I just don't think it's okay that politicians say

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No, we're not going there', but we athletes are sent there - and without standardized conditions."

Nobody dares to boycott the games - not even he, Maier admitted.

"Because the consequences would be catastrophic." Maier was referring to the Olympic sport sponsorship.

The payout is linked to the performance at the Olympics.

If an association does not take part in the Games, there is consequently no Olympic funding.

Maier therefore demands of the federal government: "That would be a political statement if you did not withdraw funding because the subject is so precarious."

Then a boycott would be made easier for the athletes, but they would also be dependent on funding from politics.

The traffic light coalition has not yet commented on this point.

It is therefore unclear what a waiver by an athlete would mean for sports sponsorship.

DSV Alpine Director Maier: "Irresponsible that we are being sent to China"

Maier also reprimanded the corona test regime in Beijing on the ARD microphone. The athletes are constantly asked to take a Covid test, which is supposed to protect on-site security. The local authorities are criticized for the implementation. "Personally, and that is just my personal opinion, I do not think it is responsible that we are sent to China, where arbitrariness can take place, as one likes to do," said Maier, referring to the Chinese test strategy.

The German alpine director called for a rethink in the test strategy, especially new limit values.

The so-called ct value is decisive.

The ct value (cycle threshold value) indicates the viral load of an infected person and also shows the risk that this person poses of infecting other people.

“You know which ct values ​​you have to or shouldn't have in order to be infectious and which are not.” However, China is acting completely arbitrarily.

Corona manipulation in PCR tests?

"China's means against which we have no chance"

Maier's reproach: “You are completely at the mercy of this because you don't know what they test, how they test and whether your tests are really yours. These are topics that you have to be able to discuss critically. ”Maier also spoke of the threat of manipulation:“ With a PCR test, I can immediately take any athletic opponent out of the race. And nobody needs to tell me that this is a pipe dream of mine, because the Olympics for Nations are also about presenting themselves, especially as an organizer. "China has a" means in hand that we have no chance against " .

Every day there is a danger “that we will be isolated by someone the next day”, also because China has distanced itself from scientific knowledge.

“There is a scientific saying that if you are above a ct value of 30, you are no longer infectious and the Chinese are allowed to set a value of 40.

I don't think that's good. ”There are enough examples of how this test strategy can be detrimental to athletes.

Corona chaos around German luge riders: quarantine, although not infected

There are strict rules for athletes in China. When the German toboggan team recently tested the Olympic tracks, multiple Olympic champion Nathalie Geisenberger felt it. The native of Munich was considered a contact person for an infected toboggan runner and had to be in isolation for a long time. Although it was negative. On the sidelines of the World Cup, she said on ZDF: “For me it was actually the toughest three weeks ever, because I cannot understand many of the measures. I have my doubts whether it will be the Olympic Games that we all want. "

Geisenberger's colleague Tobias Arlt got it even worse.

The luge from Berchtesgaden tested positive and was sent to a quarantine hotel inhabited by cockroaches, as videos published by Arlt show.

However, his test was false positive.

Arlt was only allowed to return to his team after 48 hours and two negative tests.

Already had to be quarantined in China: Olympic luge champion Tobias Arlt.

© Tobias Hase / dpa

Several countries such as the USA and Great Britain had announced a diplomatic boycott of the games.

So there will be no US politicians in Beijing.

The new traffic light government is also considering a diplomatic boycott, but has not yet taken a final position.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pleaded for a common EU solution, but that does not seem in sight.

China: The only country in the world that also sets zero Covid

China is currently subordinating almost everything to the fight against viruses.

The country where Covid-19 was first rampant worldwide currently has low case numbers.

When the corona cases rise, entire cities are still sealed off and curfews are imposed.

The quarantine regulations are partly monitored by a video camera attached to the front door.

The lockdowns are getting harder.

China is the only country in the world that adheres to a strict zero-Covid strategy.

The Olympic Games will also be marked by this resolute pandemic policy.

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Source: merkur

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