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Follow the Ski Tour from Val Mustair on Sunday from 11.30am on TV 2 and Sumo.
Prior to this year’s Ski Tour, the FIS implemented several measures to minimize the spread of the infection.
One of the measures was that everyone had to wear a mask when they reached the arena, before having to put it back on immediately after the race. Managers must wear a mask at all times.
Now it turns out that several runners have been seen without masks. Some of them are the Russian Natalya Neprjajeva when she left the arena, and Julia Stupak, who did an interview with Russian television without a mask. Write Swedish Expressen.
– They can take their accreditation for the rest of the tour.
The FIS is now working on gathering photographic evidence, before making a final decision.
– No one should be forced to jump just because they are women.
– Yesterday there were only warnings, but today we will introduce fines … and if people do not follow the rules, we will carry their accreditation for the rest of the route, says race director Pierre Mignerey to Expressen.
– First of all, we need proof that people have been careless in wearing bandages. I have already received photos of some coaches, he continues.
More runners can probably expect a reaction
TV 2’s cross-country expert Petter Skinstad supports FIS’s reasoning.
– It is very good that FIS takes it seriously, and after warning the runners, I support the leader of the race. I must admit that I don’t know what it is about. Have they not used masks, saliva, or used masks? If so, the severity will likely affect the punishment. At least there’s no question that if things don’t change now, then it’s not appropriate to have the Tour de Ski during a pandemic, says Skinstad.
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The race leader is said to have issued a warning during Friday’s team leaders meeting, saying that if they continue to be careless, severe penalties will be expected.
– What happens now now?
– The jury will analyze this here, then there will probably be a reaction. I will be very surprised that there is already talk of someone being deprived of their accreditation.
– But if it persists, I am convinced that it will happen, concludes Skinstad.
