Norwegian skier, five-time world champion Heidi Weng is ready to withdraw from the Olympics due to quarantine fears. Ole Morten Iversen, coach of the Norwegian national team, told Reuters about this.
The athlete became aware of the possible skipping of the competition on Wednesday, February 2. “Heidi fears that she may pass the test at home, but fail it upon arrival in China and again plunge into uncertainty,” said Iversen. He noted that the skier would not fly to China if there was a risk that she would end up in a quarantine hotel again.
On January 29, journalist Esten Seter saw the benefit of the coronavirus in Norwegian skiers for the Russian team. “Now that the Olympic champion Simen Hegstad Kruger has dropped out of the game, Russia’s chances in the skiathlon have greatly increased. And this possible gold certainly means more to them than caring for sick Norwegians,” he said.
On January 28, it was reported that three athletes from the Norwegian cross-country skiing team had contracted the coronavirus. Sick Kruger, Weng, as well as Anne Kjersti Kalvo and coach Arild Monsen were at the training camp in the Italian Seiser Alm. Russian skiers also trained there, including Alexander Bolshunov, who refused to talk to Norwegian journalists and drove them away.
The Beijing Olympic Games will be held from 4 to 20 February. Skiers will compete for 12 sets of awards.
Source: Lenta
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