“The chief physician of the expedition, Jiří Neumann, seriously offered close contacts to the infected people that he would spray their noses with something, give them a kind of gargling and the result of the covid test would be false negative,” beach volleyball player Ondřej Perušič confided to the server. No phrases. He started with the doctors of the Czech Olympic Committee, for their specific behavior in Tokyo but also for the general attitude in the given situation.
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The athlete arrived in Tokyo positive for the presence of coronavirus, immediately went to the quarantine, because he did not manage the first match. “After all possible and impossible changes of instructions from the organizers, I basically arranged my release from isolation via e-mail communication with the Japanese doctor myself. For our doctors, I was automatically healthy, “explains Perušič’s difficult return to the sand.
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“I was alerted to certain scams that took place in August. Mr Kejval, instead of a proper investigation, began to threaten me with a criminal complaint. What Mr. Perusic says, volleyball players also said. I do not know what greater evidence Mr Kejval wants. I had information from these athletes, “Filip Neusser, chairman of the National Sports Agency, comments on Perušič’s confession for Seznam Zprávy. He appoints the head of the Czech Olympic Committee, Jiří Kejval.
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Above all, Ondřej Perušič confirms the information from the meeting of the House Subcommittee on Sport, which took place at the beginning of September. As they informed Message list, it was the serious accusation of attempting to falsify the tests that had already been made here. At that time, the coach of the female volleyball pair Simon Nausch spoke about the practices.
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“He stated that when they came to tell him a positive result and that he would be tested again the next day, the doctor of the Czech Olympic Committee told him to spray drops in his nose – that it would affect the (test) and would be less likely to have another day. positive result, “described Nauschov’s statement at the time by pirate MP Lukáš Bartoň.
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“All the recommendations of the head coach of the Czech Olympic team were of a preventive nature, ie to prevent infection. We rule out any manipulation or dishonesty, “he denies not only Perušič’s accusation of the official reaction of the Czech Olympic Committee.
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Doctor Neumann himself already in September. He told SZ in September that gargling was indeed at one point on the chief physician’s manual, but for precautionary reasons, not for testing.
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Is it possible to influence the test result at all? According to the doctor and director of the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine of the Medical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc, Marián Hajdúch, yes: “In case it was made of saliva. If you rinse your oral cavity, then yes, you can dilute the virus, “he confirmed earlier for the News List.
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Unconfirmed drugs
WWTP doctor Neumann also said after the September parliamentary session that he was only sending medication to coach Naush, who also ended up in quarantine with a positive test. Ondřej Perušič thematizes something similar.
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Perušič and Schweiner.
“The doctor (Jiří Neumann) sent me the medicine isoprinosine. For a while, it was unreasonably believed that it could prevent covidem-19 infection or improve immunity in patients. It has never been confirmed and it is also a drug with a number of side effects. It should not be given without prior consultation. None took place, “describes Ondřej Perušič on the server Without phrases. It is not clear whether Simon Naush was also an isoprinosine drug.
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“Isoprinosine is a drug that is supposed to prevent an excessive inflammatory reaction. Covid-19 causes this excessive inflammatory reaction, this drug suppresses it. But I would say that athletes should generally avoid these drugs. The doctor of the expedition should not treat the athlete in this way, “explains immunologist Blanka Říhová for Seznam Zprávy. However, he reminds that the doctors of the expedition must know what medications they can give the athletes. “Although the doctor thought that he wanted to suppress the inflammation, that’s probably fine, but the administration of the drug is quite decisive for the body,” he adds.
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According to the conclusions of the WWTP Executive Committee, physician Jiří Neumann will also be the one to appoint a council of experts to prepare the conditions for testing, preparation and the transfer of athletes to the Winter Olympics in Beijing in the spring of 2022.
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“From my point of view, the WWTP management has no self-reflection,” criticizes Filip Neusser, the committee’s personnel policy. According to him, he waited for responsibility to be inferred, but that did not come. “For me, it’s shocking when, as a top athlete, you’re preparing for a moment in your career and someone gives you a drug that they don’t know how they will react in an athlete’s body. The body of a top athlete is an adjusted machine, “he adds.
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“I probably won’t even answer that,” says Neusser when asked by the List of News whether the WWTP should draw personnel consequences. “It’s outrageous,” he said in response to Dr. Neumann setting up an expert team for Beijing.
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Bitter Japan
Perusic arrived at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, as the first positively tested athlete on the Czech team. Due to the ordered quarantine, they lost the first match in beach volleyball with David Schweiner, in which both came for the first time to represent the Czech colors for the Olympics. Overall, their first Olympics were a bitter experience due to the contagion. Positive tests for coronavirus also affected the female volleyball duo. Barbora Hermannová and Markéta Nausch Sluková did not enter the tournament at all in the end.
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Volleyball player Perušič has already honestly described the conditions of the Olympic quarantine from Tokyo, including the fact that he always received the same food and was locked up in very cramped spaces. For the first time, however, he openly criticized the Czech Olympic Committee and the practices of the doctors who were part of the expedition. The athletes were to become infected on a plane from Prague to Tokyo, which was sent by the Czech Olympic Committee, and according to the testimony, the passengers moved on board without veils or respirators.
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Later, according to the findings List of Messages showed that on board, very close to the volleyball team, sat the unvaccinated doctor Vlastimil Voracek. Before leaving for Tokyo, he came into contact with three loved ones who tested positive for covid-19.
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It is still not known what specific completion the whole affair will have for the Czech Olympic Committee. Sportfin, which represents Perusic and Schweiner, wants to negotiate compensation for volleyball players. The volleyball association also intends to demand compensation. The WWTP is currently negotiating with all those tested positively from the Olympics, as confirmed by the WWTP spokeswoman Barbora Žehanová.
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