{"id":191060,"date":"2022-01-26T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=191060"},"modified":"2022-01-27T03:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T03:57:51","slug":"covid-19-rocks-norways-olympic-ski-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=191060","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 rocks Norway's Olympic ski team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two members of Norway's women's cross-country ski squad have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics<\/a>, the team says.<\/p>\n

Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalva contracted COVID-19 at a training camp in the Italian alpine resort of Seiser Alm and are now isolating.<\/p>\n

Norwegian cross-country manager Espen Bjervig said in a video call their participation in the Olympics<\/a> was uncertain.<\/p>\n

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\"Heidi<\/p>\n

Team doctor Oystein Andersen said Italian rules meant Weng and Kalva would be in isolation for 10 days, until February 3. The opening ceremony is scheduled for February 4 and the Olympic cross-country skiing program will start the next day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a shocking situation,\u201d Andersen said.<\/p>\n

Weng is the top-ranked Norwegian and a five-time world champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a reserve in the squad, and we also have other athletes who are accredited and can be ready," Bjervig said of possible replacements.<\/p>\n

"But basically now the focus is on looking at the opportunities for those who have been taken out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

Norway is the leading nation in cross-country skiing, with its women's team having won three of the six events on the program at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.<\/p>\n

The team had planned to leave for Beijing on Thursday but its departure has been delayed by the positive COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n

The entire men's team is also in isolation in Seiser Alm after head coach Arild Monsen tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to Norway on Monday.<\/p>\n

All eight team members were defined as close contacts of Monsen and were awaiting the results of PCR tests.<\/p>\n

They are now scheduled to depart for Beijing on Monday.<\/p>\n

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