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FEAR OF INFECTION OF THE CROWN: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo. Photo: VESA MOILANEN / X01348
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (24) has decided to leave the World Cup for the remainder of 2020. It is unclear whether he will participate in the Tour de Ski in the new year.
– First we have to see if the Ski Tour is organized. So I have to consider if I participate. It will depend on the infection situation, it says in a press release.
Klæbo came home to Trondheim on Sunday night after the opening of the World Cup this weekend in Ruka.
He has considered all the upcoming races; the national race in Lillehammer this weekend, then the World Cups in Davos and Dresden, and also the Tour de Ski, which is basically organized in the period from January 1-10, 2021.
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– I’ve been feeling this for a while. It started in connection with the World Cup final last season. The uncertainty intensified even more during our stay at Ruka. It seemed safer before we left than the situation in Finland.
– I feel that skiing and competitions are not very important in relation to the pandemic that is now devastating the whole world. Everyone has to do their part, and what they think is right. This is important and what should be done for me, says Johannes Høsflot Klæbo in a press release.
Throughout the crown pandemic, Trøndelag has had a strictly personal regime. Klæbo had previously told VG that he and his co-inhabitant Pernille Døsvik live “in eternal quarantine.”
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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won last weekend’s mini-Tour, but was upset that he lost to Erik Valnes in the sprint final.
For Ruka, Norwegian cross-country skiers had charter flights.
– I feel that it is completely wrong to travel to international destinations in these times. It involves contact with many people. Includes planes, buses, airports and more. I will not expose myself to this. For me, it will be completely wrong. I accept the consequences of that and jump this time.
Heidi Weng resigned after the first day of competition in Ruka. She “had her head elsewhere” because she was afraid of being infected with corona.
PS: The Cross Country Ski World Cup runs according to plan in Oberstdorf from February 23 to March 7, 2021.
