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LGT World Women s Curling Championship gets green light, but Germany in limbo
The women s world curling championship in Calgary has the go-ahead from public health officials, but the status of Germany s team is unclear.
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CALGARY The women s world curling championship in Calgary got the go-ahead from public health officials, but the status of Germany s team is unclear.
Two Germans tested positive for COVID-19 in pre-tournament screening after arriving in Calgary.
The championship opens Friday.
The other 13 teams in the 2021 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship were cleared to practise Thursday at WinSport s Markin MacPhail Centre.
CANADA (Kerri Einarson)
Einarson and Manitoba teammates Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard and Briane Meilleur will make their world championship debut on home ice. They qualified by beating Rachel Homan in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts final for the second straight year.
CHINA (Yu Han)
China already has a berth in the Beijing Games secured since it s the host country. Yu won the Pacific-Asia championship in 2019.
SOUTH KOREA (Eun-Jung Kim)
The Garlic Girls were a hit at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics after winning silver on home ice. They later accused their former coaches of verbal abuse and holding back prize money. Three South Korean curling officials were banned for life following an investigation into the allegations.
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German Athletes Test Positive, World Womenâs Practice Set to Resume
News release leaves optimism the team could still compete.
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News release leaves optimism the team could still compete.
Team Germany will not take part in the pre-event practice sessions for the 2021 world women’s curling championship in Calgary following two positive tests for COVID-19.
The news was announced by the World Curling Federation. In the news release, there was no mention of the team dropping out of the championship rather, there was a tone of optimism that the team could still compete in the championship.
“The individuals who returned positive cases will remain in isolation until medically cleared by the Chief Medical Officer with guidance from Alberta Health,” said the release.