Patrizia Kummer
Switzerland's Patrizia Kummer competes during the women's parallel giant slalom elimination run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Kummer, Kosir exit early in Olympic PGS race after isolation

By Pat Graham Feb. 08, 2022 07:39 AM EST

Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer works out in her hotel room in Beijing on Jan. 19, 2022 where is undergoing a 21 day quarantine. Three weeks alone in a hotel room is hardly an ideal setting for a snowboarder preparing for the Olympics. Kummer, a Swiss competitor who won a gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is unvaccinated against the coronavirus by choice, so she is spending 21 days in isolation in China before the Winter Games begin in Beijing on Feb. 4. (Patrizia Kummer via AP)
In 3-week isolation, unvaccinated athlete waits for Olympics

By James Ellingworth Jan. 21, 2022 11:46 AM EST

Olympic snowboard champ chooses quarantine over vaccine

Jan. 11, 2022 09:54 AM EST
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic snowboard champion Patrizia Kummer will head to the Beijing Games early to spend three weeks in quarantine because she isn’t...