Hockey coach who admitted using a false COVID-19 vaccine certificate at the Olympics is fired

A Swiss hockey coach who admitted he used a certificate falsely claiming he'd been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get around China's travel restrictions for the 2022 Winter Olympics has been fired. In a statement late Monday, head coach Patrick Fischer said he made a “serious mistake in this matter” by traveling to Beijing with the Switzerland men’s team using false paperwork. The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation initially supported him, saying the case was closed because he had admitted to his ...