Austrians get kidnap threats
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The Austrian Olympic Committee has received an anonymous letter from Russia containing a kidnap threat against Alpine skier Marlies Schild and skeleton pilot Janine Flock during the Sochi Games.
The letter was delivered on Monday into the mailbox of its Vienna office, AOC General Secretary Peter Mennel said yesterday.
“We have immediately alerted the Federal Criminal Agency, which is investigating the case,” Mennel said.
The AOC said in a statement that it was “not regarding it as an acute threat at the moment”.
Mennel discussed the matter with Flock as they were sharing a flight from Vienna to Sochi yesterday, carrying many of the 130 Austrian Olympians on board.
“She is not worried, she trusts in our security measures,” said Mennel, adding that Austrian athletes will be accompanied by task force Cobra when they leave the Olympic Village.
Schild is scheduled to travel to Russia next week as she will only compete in the women’s slalom on February 21.
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