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　　China News Service, October 21. According to foreign media reports, Olympic medalist and Austrian swimmer Marcus Logan escaped isolation after testing positive for the new crown. He secretly left Israel last week and returned to his home in Los Angeles, USA. at home.

　　Logan, 38, represented Austria and won two silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

In March last year, he served as the coach of sports performance psychology for the Israeli national football team.

However, after his "escape", the team has already fired him.

　　According to reports, in a match held in Haifa on October 11, Israel lost 1:2 to the Czech Republic.

In subsequent tests for the new coronavirus, Logan and a player tested positive.

After receiving the test results, he was asked to isolate him in the Caesarea Hotel room.

　　Later, Logan told the Israeli Football Association officials that he had family members in Israel and asked to be with them during isolation.

The Israeli Football Association agreed to his request and arranged a special ambulance to transfer him to his relatives the next day.

　　But when the paramedics arrived at the hotel room the next day, they did not find Logan.

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　　According to reports, follow-up investigations revealed that Logan originally planned to return to his home in Los Angeles via Germany next Thursday, but he immediately changed his plan after he tested positive and booked a Monday night flight without informing the Israeli Football Association. Any member.

　　According to the report, Logan violated the anti-epidemic regulations, secretly left the hotel, and used the test report 72 hours ago (which was negative) to pass the customs at the airport.

When the Israeli Football Association found out that he had fled, he was likely to have landed in Germany and boarded a plane to the US

　　So far, the Israeli Football Association has not been able to get in touch with Logan.

A staff member of the national team said that the team has submitted the news to the International Health Organization.

　　The Israeli Football Association president said in an interview, "It is clear that Logan can no longer play for the Israeli national team."

　　An Israeli website anonymously quoted an Israeli national team member as saying, "We have never seen such an idiot." Another report quoted another person as saying, "He caused crazy damage to the image of Israeli football. ."

　　It is worth noting that concealing the itinerary and hiding whereabouts in order to escape isolation after testing positive for the new crown is not an exception in the international sports world.

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　　According to foreign media reports, Sam Querrey, an American tennis player who played in St. Petersburg, Russia, was confirmed to be infected with the new crown virus during a test before the game.

However, he was supposed to be quarantined, but in violation of the competition and local epidemic prevention regulations, he privately contacted a private jet company and chartered a plane away from Russia.

　　Querry, currently ranked 49th in the world, took his wife and eight-month-old child to St. Petersburg to compete.

Querry was going to face Shapovalov in the first round, but his wife and children were tested positive for the new crown before the game. The match party asked Querry and his family to be isolated in a hotel.

　　Obviously he did not want to accept such a result.

So Querry immediately called and contacted a private jet company he had sponsored and cooperated with, and used the wallet to take his family out of the Russian border.

　　On the plane, the Querry family of three sat at the back to ensure that they kept as far away as possible from the pilot.

As for the destination of the flight, Querrey's request for the crew is "a nearby European country that does not need to undergo a new crown test to enter the country."

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　　After the event organizers were alarmed about the incident, they reported the situation to the ATP.

In response to Querrey’s behavior, the ATP also responded immediately, “According to the ATP Code of Conduct, we will take this matter seriously, and further investigation is underway. Such a move may endanger the operation of the event and affect the rest of the season. Several of the tournaments have had an impact."

　　According to ATP regulations, if Querrey’s behavior is found to be a serious violation of the law and harm the interests of the tour, the party will be fined up to $100,000 and suspended for three years.

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