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Write the Ski Association in a press release.
“We are waiting for a response to a control test, and the response to this test will probably come in the morning. Nossum is showing no symptoms. No one else associated with the national cross-country team has tested positive, but Øystein Andersen, the responsible physician. , has decided to extend the scope of close contact beyond the order of the Finnish authorities. This means that the quarantine applies to all professionals and support staff (with the exception of three support staff who arrived by car) », Writes the association.
– Our goal is to get the best possible overview of the situation and the possible consequences of the positive test. We followed all current guidelines after what happened and interacted with the Finnish authorities, says national team doctor Øystein Andersen.
Norwegian athletes in jumping and medley are not affected and follow the schedule in Ruka.
The mini tour in Finland starts on Friday. There are twenty Norwegian cross-country skiers in Ruka. Mikael Gunnulfsen was one of those who should have been there, but Beito’s weekend comet retired due to illness at the last minute.
Don’t believe in national emergency teams
He did not know that the Norwegian squad had been quarantined when TV 2 contacted him.
– Now you completely took me to bed here. I did not know that. Now I am very, very sorry for those who traveled yesterday. Are they all in quarantine? Butters too? So I don’t know anything, says Gunnulfsen.
The 27-year-old believes that it is not relevant to send an emergency national team if the Norwegian runners cannot go.
– I see very unlikely that they will send a new squad. The first race is tomorrow, but I’m going to a training session now and will probably have to take the phone with me if they call then.
– How is your form now?
– It’s a bit like yesterday, but I feel pretty healthy and I’m on my way to exercising now.
– Special situation
The Ski Federation’s press director, Espen Graff, does not want to say much about the situation until the answers to the control tests are available.
– It is clear that it is a special situation to come to Finland to experience this, but I don’t want to say much more about it now until we have received the answers to the tests.
– Will it be relevant to send a “national emergency team” if all its athletes are to be quarantined in Finland?
– We must go back to all the consequences when we receive responses to those control tests. Then Øystein Andersen, who is medically responsible to us, will consider what to do next. I don’t want to speculate on the consequences. We focus on following the infection control rules that apply.
Distribute Bolshunov
TV 2 cross-country expert Petter Skinstad doubts there will be any competition for Norwegian runners. He believes that Norwegian runners will soon have to settle for a ten-day stay in Finland.
– As I understand it, there will be no cross-country skiing in any of them, because they must be quarantined if they have had close contacts, says Skinstad.
The cross country expert hopes first and foremost that Nossum is doing well and that this is a false positive test. Skinstad is aware that it was a risk to travel with the entire national team in one group.
– If you want to be cautious afterwards, which is the only exact science, you can say that it would have been wiser to travel in small groups so as not to put in a whole team, says Skinstad.
If Klæbo and Johaug don’t start, it will be potentially very critical in terms of winning the World Cup overall.
– With this, it will be difficult to beat Bolshunov in the World Cup overall, especially if he wins in Ruka. It will create great excitement at the Women’s World Cup, as Johaug will start with a great handicap.
