Olympics-Figure skating-Germany's Seegert out for teams event with COVID

FILE PHOTO: Figure Skating - ISU European Figure Skating Championships - Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn, Estonia - January 12, 2022 Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert in action during the pairs short program REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany will compete without their figure skating pairs after Nolan Seegert tested positive for COVID-19 a second time and was isolating in a hotel, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) said on Thursday.

Seegert had been on the roster with partner Minerva Fabienne Hase for the teams competition starting at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday.