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An Olympic lucky coach admitted to utilizing a fake vaccination card to coach his squad successful nan Beijing Olympics 4 years ago.
Swiss crystal lucky coach Patrick Fischer has admitted he utilized a certificate falsely claiming he'd been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get astir China's strict recreation restrictions.
Swiss nationalist broadcaster SRF said it confronted Fischer pinch documents showing he was fined astir 39,000 Swiss francs ($50,000) by section authorities successful 2023 for archive forgery aft buying nan certificate connected societal media. SRF said he went nationalist pinch his admittance soon after.
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Head coach Patrick Fischer of Switzerland reacts during nan men's preliminary information Group A lucifer against Czechia astatine nan Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 15, 2026. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
In a connection precocious Monday, Fischer said he made a "serious correction successful this matter" by walking to Beijing pinch nan Switzerland men's squad utilizing mendacious paperwork.
"I'm very sorry if I've disappointed group pinch this situation," Fischer said. "I was successful an bonzer individual situation because I didn't want to beryllium vaccinated. At nan aforesaid clip I surely didn't want to fto my squad down astatine nan Olympic Games."
Fischer is 1 of Switzerland's astir successful lucky coaches ever. He's been successful nan station since 2015 and took nan squad to three Olympics arsenic good arsenic winning 3 metallic medals astatine nan world championship.
Head coach Patrick Fischer of Team Switzerland trains connected nan crystal during nan Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena successful Milan, Italy, connected Feb. 8, 2026. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
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The squad was eliminated successful nan quarterfinal round.
Ahead of nan 2022 Olympics, China had immoderate of nan strictest COVID-19 rules successful nan world. It insisted immoderate athletes heading to nan Games had to either beryllium vaccinated against COVID-19 aliases beryllium retired a three-week quarantine successful a hotel, arsenic Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer did.
Switzerland hosts nan world title adjacent month. Fischer was already owed to measurement down aft that, and nan Swiss Ice Hockey Federation said it considers nan matter closed.
Head coach Patrick Fischer of Team Switzerland reacts during nan men's preliminary information Group B crippled betwixt ROC and Switzerland astatine nan Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games connected Feb. 9, 2022. (Xavier Laine/Getty Images)
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Fischer played for nan Swiss nationalist squad successful nan 2002 and 2006 Olympics and besides played for nan country's 1994 World Juniors team. He spent astir of his profession playing for EV Zug of Switzerland's National League A, wherever his jersey number is retired.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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