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The Norwegian Ski Association writes in a press release.
Nossum’s test was taken on Wednesday afternoon. In addition, it is stated that a response from the control test is now expected, and that the response will likely arrive in the morning.
If the control test is also positive, everyone who traveled with Nossum to Ruka may risk having to be quarantined. In that case, it will mean that cross-country skiers lose the World Cup opening. This is confirmed by the director of the FIS, Pierre Mignerey.
– Is there a possibility that the Norwegians will not be able to start this weekend?
-It’s a possibility, he tells the Swede Aftonbladet.
– Do you think they should go home if test number two is positive?
– I believe that we must follow the decisions made by those who are competent to make that decision. And then we understand if the Norwegian team will add more decisions in this regard. Hopefully we end up with a good solution, Mignerey tells NRK.
IN QUARANTINE: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and the rest of the athletes are quarantined in their respective cabins.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
In every cabin
This means that the quarantine applies to all professionals and support personnel. Three people from the support apparatus arrived in Ruka by car and are not in quarantine.
– Awaiting the result of test number two, the entire Norwegian cross-country team is in quarantine in their respective cabins, says the media manager of the Ski Association Gro Eide to NRK.
Fossum should be showing no symptoms and no one else associated with the national cross country team has tested positive.
In any case, the medical director, Øystein Andersen, has decided to expand the scope of close contact beyond the order of the Finnish authorities.
– 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 we engaged with the Finnish authorities, Andersen says in the press release.
Both the national jump and combined teams will also be in action at Ruka this weekend.
IN RUKA: Therese Johaug arrived in Ruka on Wednesday with the rest of the cross-country team.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
– Bad news
FiS Director Pierre Mignerey is in Ruka. The race director points out that this is bad news for the opening of the World Championship, but he has ice in his stomach.
– This was not good news today. Norway is the largest nation, the very heart of cross-country skiing, and it’s not good to start without them. Now we have to see how this situation develops throughout the day, Mignerery tells NRK.
According to the FIS protocol, it is the Finnish authorities who must make the decision on what will be the way forward for Norwegian athletes.
– The FIS protocol relies on the national authorities here in Finland to be able to make the right decision. It will come after we have received a response to the second test, it says and continues:
– You mean this is a nightmare?
– It’s not a nightmare, but it’s certainly not a good start to the World Cup. We were prepared for such cases, but what should happen with the stronger team, it is not the best situation that could have happened, he concludes.
