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Chemnitz (dpa) - The city of Chemnitz upheld a hall ban imposed on Friday for gymnastics trainer Gabriele Frehse, even after discussions with those involved and affected.

Mayor Sven Schulze (SPD) spoke on Monday with representatives of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), those in charge of Frehse's home club TuS Chemnitz-Altendorf and parents of gymnasts about how the situation can be resolved in favor of the athletes.

“We want to try to find a solution in the next two days.

The most important thing is that the athletes are well looked after, ”said city spokesman Matthias Nowak of the German press agency.

The new Lord Mayor pronounced a house ban for Gabriele Frehse on Friday and thus reacted to the separation of the Olympic base in Saxony from the trainer. "This was done with the intention, on the one hand, to wait for the legal clarification of the case and, on the other hand, in order not to stir up further potential for conflict on the ground," the city announced. In response to a dpa request, the DTB confirmed that it was aware of this, but did not want to comment on it because of the ongoing proceedings.

Around a dozen former protégés of Gabriele Frehse with the former balance beam world champion Pauline Schäfer at the top accuse the trainer of harassing her, of giving them medication without a doctor's prescription and of not allowing any objection.

The Olympic base in Saxony had given notice to the trainer who denied the allegations last Tuesday.

Frehse wants to take legal action against this.

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The three Chemnitz Olympic candidates Sophie Scheder, Emma Malewski and Lisa Zimmermann had started a fundraising campaign to finance their trainer.

By Monday evening, 218 donors had already raised 30,325 euros.

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Frehse interview on gymmedia

Statement by the German Gymnastics Federation on the investigation