Berlin, March 31 : Germany’s Olympics canoeing medallist Steffi Kriegerstein will miss the Tokyo Olympic Games after testing positive for Covid-19.
Kriegerstein said she contracted the coronavirus in December and then fell ill with Covid-19, with the ongoing after-effects now prompting her to end the season, DPA reported on Wednesday.
“My body is tortured with new symptoms all the time since my corona illness in December.I still don’t feel 100 per cent healthy.
I can’t think about a normal training regime.Now health is the priority,” she said on Instagram.
The Rio 2016 silver-medallist in the kayak fours added further: “Big aims that were my focus over the last four years are not close
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