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No Cortina World Cup for the expert coach at work with the girls. He should have specifically supported Wendy Holdener: "I would never forgive myself for infecting anyone in the group, I'll help out from home."
Monday 8 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
It is not the first case within the Cortina "bubble", precisely because the positivity (from asymptomatic) arrived before the national teams themselves moved to Veneto to kick off the world championship mission.
However, it is strange that Switzerland has to renounce for these world championships a technician with enormous experience such as Alois Prenn: as reported by "Blick", the South Tyrolean coach, who has been working for the Red Cross women's team for years, was struck by the Covid with a positive swab last Thursday. "The world collapsed on me - explained Prenn - According to Swiss rules, I have to remain in quarantine for ten days, but it will probably be 14 in the case of Cortina and I will be missing for all the World Championships".
A double bitterness, given that the Italian coach lives in San Candido, less than 40 km from Cortina, and it was he who followed Wendy Holdener after the separation of the combined world champion from personal coach Klaus Mayrhofer. Fortunately, Prenn has not had direct contact with athletes and staff in the last few days, not having stayed with them during last week's training days in Val di Fassa. “I would never have forgiven myself, the doubt is that I contracted the virus in the transport on the snowmobile, but it is difficult to know. As for Wendy, there is a very good coach like Christian Brill who will follow her in the best possible way, while I will help from home with the videos. Even if I will practically lose a World Cup at home ".
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