Heidi Weng has not been present with the Norwegian national team since the start of the Beijing Olympics. The runner obtained a positive test for the presence of the coronavirus already during the training camp in Italy, which meant that the Norwegian team had to delay the departure to the games from January 27 to January 31.
Weng can still count on a start in the Olympics in. If she had received a negative test result, she would have counted in the fight for a medal in the female 30km freestyle run at the end of the competition. Unfortunately, Norweka informed that she had received another positive test result, which would ultimately exclude her from the Olympic competition.
Heidi Weng: The dream of competing at the games has been shattered
– The dream of competing at the Olympics was finally destroyed. These are “just” games, but it is still sad. I hope to get a chance to compete in the next World Cup competition. Then I will be ready to fight, wrote Heidi Weng on Instagram, thanking her family for their support in this difficult time.
is a bronze medalist in the race associated with the Olympics in Sochi. She has won the title of world champion five times – four times in the relay and once in the team sprint. In the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons, it won the general classification of the World Cup. Unfortunately, in Beijing he will not increase his medal output.
This season of the World Cup, Heidi Weng is in 4th place in the overall standings of the cycle. Norweka won one competition, standing on the podium three times in total.
Source: Sport
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