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It’s been a day since the news came that the entire Swedish squad will be transported from this weekend’s slalom premiere in Levi, Finland.
Since then, passengers have been allowed to move to their own rooms and have been placed under strict quarantine. It was not yet clear how long they have to stay in Finland on Friday afternoon.
– It’s the same for everyone on the team. We are all very sad, says Anna Swenn-Larsson disappointed.
– All skiers are healthy at the moment and we would have liked to do a test tomorrow morning. If it is positive, it is clear that you should not drive. But it feels so difficult to shut down an entire squad for a fall.
It was then that the Swedish team, eight skiers and management staff, arrived at Levi on Tuesday when female coach Christian Thoma tested positive for COVID-19.
This led to his immediate isolation and to national team manager Lars Melin, who traveled with Thoma, leaving Finland to be quarantined at home.
But two days later, on Thursday afternoon, the news came that the entire Swedish squad must be quarantined.
This means that Anna Swenn-Larsson and the other skiers on the Swedish team miss two of the season’s nine slalom competitions.
– I was glad that there were two competitions this weekend. But now it’s the worst that could happen. It is a fifth of our slalom season that is only taken from one, Anna Swenn-Larsson tells TT.
– I have tested negative four times, most recently today. It feels great to sit in quarantine alone and feel in such good shape and so charged to compete.
The Swedish team has After the announcement, she received the support, among others, of the Italian Federica Brignone, who won the general of the World Cup last year.
“Is this fair?” Brignone wrote on Instagram.
What happens if one person on each team tests positive? So nobody should compete? “
Anna Swenn-Larsson is going the same way.
– There must be clearer rules. In soccer, those who test positive are quarantined, but the rest can play, he says.
– I just want to compete in slalom now. What is the problem?
Because the program has been reorganized Much due to the pandemic, the Swedes’ slalom premiere at the World Cup is now postponed for more than a month.
The next World Championship slalom is not until December 29.
– Right now I feel empty. Under the ice Underground, says Anna Swenn-Larsson.
– I’ll be back, but I’ll only have to pay for a week. Because right now the motivation is not there. But it will come back, it usually does.
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