Spectators banned from German legs of Four Hills Tournament
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- 07 Dec 2021
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New anti-virus measures introduced by Bavarian health authorities mean that fans will not be permitted at the legs in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
They are respectively scheduled to take place on December 29 and January 1.
Attendance at sporting events in Germany has been capped at 15,000 because of the country's rising COVID-19 infection rate, but individual states have the opportunity to impose more strict restrictions.
Bavaria, where both Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen are, has done so, banning fans altogether.
"It's a shame, because we have already developed a special protocol," Oberstdorf Organising Committee head Florian Stern said.
Michael Maurer, the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Organising Committee chief, said organisers were "flexible and would be able to start ticket sales again within a few hours, even if it would be shortly before Christmas," should the blanket ban on spectator be lifted.
The Four Hills Tournament is a collection of four ski jumping contests, also encompassing World Cup legs on the large hills in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. Read More…
