Olympia 2018: Frenzel wears German flag at opening ceremony

Olympic champion Eric Frenzel will wear the German flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Initially sport. de had reported on the somewhat surprising choice.

According to this, the Nordic Combiner prevailed against speed skater Claudia Pechstein, tobogganist Natalie Geisenberger, ice hockey star Christian Ehrhoff and ski racer Viktoria Rebensburg.

The DOSB wants to officially announce the personnel on Thursday at 5.00 p. m. OZ/09.00 a. m. CET, the DOSB did not comment the rumors on request.

However, Frenzel was already on board the Lufthansa LH 718 from Munich to Seoul – and thus earlier than planned. The combiners were initially scheduled to fly to South Korea on Friday, the day of the opening ceremony.

According to SID information, Frenzel was only to take off on the earlier flight in the event of his election as flag bearer. The plane is expected to arrive in Seoul on Thursday at 10:45 a. m. local time.

The association had nominated five candidates until the 4th day of the meeting. The public and the German Olympic athletes were able to vote at midnight on 2 February, with both sides being weighted at 50 percent and the percentages from both camps being added.