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It was a setback that Jeff Bauer coped with with ease: “Despite all the precautionary measures I was infected with Covid-19 in Königssee,” says the 47-year-old skeleton pilot.

“I did a test and it was my fifth time to switch to another track. It was positive. ” The ten days of quarantine in a hotel at the ice arena in Bavaria went symptom-free for Bauer. “I was lucky. Two good friends of mine lost their fathers to Corona. ”

After the infection, the Luxembourger by choice spent the Christmas holidays in Park City in the United States. Before the stage in Königssee, Bauer had trained in Innsbruck (A) with the Swiss national skeleton team and in Altenberg (D) with the Spanish national skeleton team.

These three racetracks are particularly important for the learning process – also with a view to the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in February 2022: “The tracks have a roundabout, a 360-degree curve that does not exist in the USA,” reveals the member the elite sports section of the COSL (Comité olympique et sportif luxembourgeois) .

“It is very difficult to control the waves. If you don’t have the right timing, the mistakes in the corner will get worse. ”The exercise is important because the Olympic track in China, which is still under construction, will also have a roundabout.

In January, Bauer is going back to Altenberg to continue training. The first competition is also on the program a little later on the ice channel in the Ore Mountains. At the same time, ski racer Matthieu Osch and short tracker Peter Murphy will also try to get into position for Beijing 2022.