At least one infected person was on the Olympic flight that took off from Gardermoen to Beijing on Monday (archive photo).
Photo: Gorm Kallestad
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Sweden’s alpine ladies were on the plane that took off for Beijing from Oslo on Monday, states Aftonbladet.
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The winter sports director Helge Bartnes at the Norwegian Olympic Committee confirms for NRK that at least one infected person has been on the plane.
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On the plane were also the Norwegian cross-country men with the big favorite Johannes Høsflot Klæbo in the lead and the biathlon national team as well as several Swedish active, including the alpine national team ladies.
The Norwegian riders are said to have tested negative at Gardermoen before departure.
Sweden’s Olympic team got its first corona fall in place in China last Friday, when a leader from the Swedish Olympic Committee, SOK, tested positive on arrival in Beijing.
Then the skier Leo Johansson – who had recently been infected – also tested positive on arrival in China – despite having left six negative PCR tests before departure. He had to quarantine on Monday.
On Monday, the news came that two players in Tre Kronor tested positive – Emil Djuse and Erik Gustafsson miss the Olympics and are replaced by Theodor Lennström and Philip Holm.
In Norway, several stars have been infected before the games.
Ski star Simen Hegstad Krüger – Olympic champion in skiathlon – is the latest positive case that has shaken Norway. A week ago, sprint coach Arild Monsen tested positive – and on Wednesday it was clear that the ladies’ riders Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvå had also tested positive.
The entire Norwegian ski team has been forced to postpone the trip to the Olympics.
Two Norwegian leaders have also been tested positive on the ground in Beijing, VG states.
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