German Figure Skater Seegert Tests Positive for COVID-19

Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert (L) in action during the pairs short program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, NHK Trophy, Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2021. (Issei Kato/Reuters)

BEIJING—German figure skater Nolan Seegert’s participation at the Beijing Olympic Games is in doubt after he tested positive for COVID-19, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Wednesday.

Seegert, who competes in pairs with Minerva Fabienne Hase, does not have any symptoms and is isolating in a hotel room.

“There is currently a confirmed so-called close contact, also in the figure skating team,” DOSB said in a statement.

“The athlete may be released from quarantine if there are two consecutive negative tests with a 24 hour interval. Those affected are tested twice a day.”

Many athletes have been ruled out of the Feb. 4–20 Games after testing positive on arrival at the airport while others who are asymptomatic are isolating.