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Tribune News Service

A gold-medallist snowboarder has decided to quarantine for three weeks in Beijing instead of getting a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland has not been vaccinated for “personal reasons,” according to a Tuesday statement from Switzerland’s ski federation.
“After my personal decision not to be vaccinated, quarantine is the logical consequence,” Kummer said.
“I respect the regulations of the authorities and the IOC [International Olympic Committee].”


Kummer won gold in the parallel giant slalom at Sochi 2014. She finished 16th in the same event four years later in Pyeongchang.
Kummer has not been officially named to Switzerland’s Olympic skiing team, but she is likely to be.
Five big Winter Olympics Instagram stars to follow
China is requiring all unvaccinated athletes to quarantine upon arrival in the country as part of its strict Covid-19 measures.
US Olympians are bound by a vaccine mandate, which the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced in September.
The Winter Games begin on February 4.


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Winter Olympics: unvaccinated gold medallist snowboarder Patrizia Kummer begins 3-week Beijing quarantine – ‘it’s my personal decision’

Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland during the Women’s Parallel Slalom qualification at the FIS Snowboard Alpine World Championships on March 2, 2021, in Rogla, Slovenia. Photo: Jurij Kodrun/Getty Images/TNS

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During the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea, Chloe Kim became the youngest woman to win gold at just 17 years old. Photo: AFP 

Shaun White of team United States takes a training run for the Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe competition at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. Photo: AFP

China’s Omicron threat ‘under control’, no lockdown planned for Beijing Winter Olympics, organisers say

Organisers of the Beijing Winter Olympics say no lockdown of the capital is needed, despite rising concern about the spread of Omicron. Photo: Reuters


Organisers of the Beijing Winter Olympics say no lockdown of the capital is needed, despite rising concern about the spread of Omicron. Photo: AP

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Hong Kong speedskater Sidney Chu at a World Cup event in the Netherlands to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: Martin Holtom   

Short-track speed skater Sidney Chu will represent Hong Kong at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Photo: Chan Kin-wa 

Hong Kong short-track speedskating team entrant Sidney Chu before an international competition. Photo: Hong Kong Skating Union 

Former Hong Kong Winter Olympics representative Barton Lui Pan-to at the ISU World Cup in Kolomna, Russia in 2013. Photo: Hong Kong Skating Union 

Former Chinese speed skater Sun Dandan (second from right) and Yang Yang (right) lead teammates in a demonstration short-track speedskating event at Festival Walk in 2003. Photo: SCMP 

Hong Kong speed skater Sidney Chu training for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games 500m short-track event. Photo: Michael Chu 

(From left) Hong Kong short-track speedskating team members Sidney Chu, Kwok Tsz-fung, Lam Ching-yan and Sui Xin at the Beijing Short-Track World Cup. Photo: Hong Kong Skating Union 

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Has Sidney Crosby already played his last game at the Olympics? Photo: USA TODAY Sports

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Covid-19 proved too much of a challenge for NHL players to go to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and now it’s two Olympics in a row the NHL has missed. Photo: Kyodo

Beijing 2022: Zhang Yimou to direct Winter Olympics opening ceremony featuring ‘unprecedented’ way of lighting cauldron

China’s Zhang Yimou poses backstage after winning Best Director for his movie ‘Shadow’ at the 55th Golden Horse Awards. Photo: Reuters/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

The Chinese flag is raised next to the Olympic flag during the flame handover ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Panathenaic Stadium. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis/DPA

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Switzerland’s Kummer says ‘quarantine is the logical consequence’ of her choice not to be vaccinated against Covid-19
Sochi 2014 parallel giant slalom gold-medal winner insists ‘I respect the regulations of the authorities and the IOC’



Switzerland’s Patrizia Kummer says she has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 for ‘personal reasons’ ahead of 2022 Winter Olympics.
