“The ‘fair-play’, respect and tolerance are not negotiable,” says the German Federation after returning Patrick Moster to his country.
The German Federation has sent back to his country Patrick Moster, sports director of the cycling team, for his racist expressions during the time trial on Wednesday. “Catch the camel drivers, catch the camel drivers!”, Moster yelled from the car when his racer, Nikias Arndt, was about to catch up with the Eritrean Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier and the Algerian Azzedine Lagab.
After the race, Moster made his apologies public: “I’m very sorry, the least I can do is apologize (…) it shouldn’t have happened,” said the technician about a scene that caused a stir in his country.
“We are convinced that your public apologies for your racist statements are sincere,” declared the president of the German Olympic Committee (DOSB), Alfons Hrman, “but with this slip, Moster violated the values of Olympism: for the German team, the fair-play, respect and tolerance are not negotiable. “
Arndt crossed the line in 19 positions, with 5:33 ahead of Ghebreigzabhier and 7:32 over Lagab, but almost four minutes behind. Primoz Roglic. Immediately, the Team DSM rider condemned the words of his coach: “I am amazed and I want to say clearly that I have nothing to do with those statements. They are unacceptable”,
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