The situation in regards of traveling, is holding back all international sports right now. While it´s true that some countries like Germany or Austria & Switzerland do quite ok and open borders soon, we must remember that the Virus is not gone yet. A "first" international sports event might happen in July at Berlin in Tennis. 6 women and men will compete, like Svitolina, Bertens and Görges, Thiem, Kyrgios and Sasha Zverev. Smaller events, without a crowd might be all we can expect for quite some time, as that Virus just sits here and waits for it´s chance.
We see that in Germany every day, since they lifted the restrictions, we get more infections again, 700+ on each of the past two days. Because of that, there will be a lot of rules to follow, if you go to a different country, it could be having a corona app, having a negative corona test or a quarantine. All might come with a financial cost and then you might have to pay more for coaches too, ice time as mentioned or even food. In Germany the prices are increasing lately, stuff that did cost 3 bucks, now goes for 7 and this will up the costs if skaters are living in a student home, academy...
As someone mentioned, only the more wealthy skaters might be able to keep things going, which would be a big shame as quite a lot of skaters already had a hard time before Corona, asking for donations or having to skip events like many young russians, who no longer could afford the trips to Oberstdorf.
In Germany at Dresden and Chemnitz skaters are back in training, quite a lot of rules to follow, no showering at the venue, distance rules, must come in practice clothes and so on.
We see that in Germany every day, since they lifted the restrictions, we get more infections again, 700+ on each of the past two days. Because of that, there will be a lot of rules to follow, if you go to a different country, it could be having a corona app, having a negative corona test or a quarantine. All might come with a financial cost and then you might have to pay more for coaches too, ice time as mentioned or even food. In Germany the prices are increasing lately, stuff that did cost 3 bucks, now goes for 7 and this will up the costs if skaters are living in a student home, academy...
As someone mentioned, only the more wealthy skaters might be able to keep things going, which would be a big shame as quite a lot of skaters already had a hard time before Corona, asking for donations or having to skip events like many young russians, who no longer could afford the trips to Oberstdorf.
In Germany at Dresden and Chemnitz skaters are back in training, quite a lot of rules to follow, no showering at the venue, distance rules, must come in practice clothes and so on.