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Austria’s best athletes can take a deep breath at least once: starting Monday, athletes who make their living from the Sport win and have already participated in international competitions “as defined in paragraph 3 Z 8 BSFG 2017” as well as their supervisors and coaches begin the training. This also applies to 13 professional soccer clubs that can start with small group training.
The amendment from the Ministry of Health to the regulation to prevent the spread of Covid-19 applies from Monday, April 20. It is also valid for disabled athletes who meet the above criteria.
However, for the general public, the ban on entering sports facilities continues to apply due to the corona virus. For mass sports there will be an opening for selected sports starting May 1. The tennis courts, the athletics facilities, the golf courses and the equestrian and shooting facilities are, among others being open again.
Distance regulations must be observed
In addition to one “Distance of at least two meters” between athletes, supervisors and coaches, the training units, “If possible, do not take place in closed rooms”, says the new regulation for elite sport. “For closed room training sessions, 20 m2 of the total room area must be available per person. This also applies to common rooms. “
For football, the twelve clubs in the top division of the Austrian Bundesliga and the ÖFB Austria Cup finalist Lustenau have explicit permission to train. The training was to be carried out “in small groups of a maximum of six squad players with the same composition of personnel.” The same regulations also apply here for closed room training sessions.
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(APA)
