worst! Norway's two skiers will be infected with the new crown virus and self-isolation may not be able to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics

Live bar January 31 news Two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist and Norway's Simon Hegstad Kruger may miss the first few men's cross-country skiing matches at the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after testing positive for the new crown virus nucleic acid test on Thursday local time.

Norway national team team doctor Oystein Anderson said: "We have a case of infection in our team and today we have a new nucleic acid test because we are very worried that there will be more cases, unfortunately, we have another one, and it is Simon Hegstad Kruger. ”

Kruger has no symptoms at the moment, but that doesn't mean he can get out of self-isolation. The Norwegian team departed for China on Sunday local time, and Kruger is unlikely to join on time.

Simon Hegstad Kruger won three medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, all in men's cross-country skiing. He won two gold medals in the 30 km ski biathlon and 4x10 km relays and a silver medal in the 15 km individual event. He is seen as the favourite to win the three events at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, where the men's cross-country skiing event is scheduled to begin on February 6 and hold the final on February 19, and if Kruger can turn the cloud in time and get permission to travel to China, it may help the national team.

Prior to Kruger, The Norwegian women's team of Heidi Ong and Anne Kjesti Kalva had been tested for COVID-19, and Heidi Ong was a nine-time world champion and bronze medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

(Linz)