Published 2023-12-30 07.00
TOBLACH. Calle Halfvarsson must bear the blame for Sweden’s disease chaos ahead of the Tour de Ski.
He is amazed at how the infection happened.
– It feels strange, says Halfvarsson.
The evening before the Tour de Ski premiere, the square outside the Scuola elementare di Dobbiaco was filled with Swedish skiers.
They came there for the opening of the tour, but first to talk to the Swedish media on site – and to each other.
When Ebba Andersson caught sight of Calle Halfvarsson, it was an instant hit.
– My covid friend, thanks for the Christmas present!
“Not fun – damn it”
Both Andersson and Halfvarsson fell ill before Christmas and were unsure of the start. It got even worse for Moa Lundgren and Oskar Svensson, who miss the Tour de Ski.
– Now I stand here and half-laugh at it, but I can say that it was not fun at the time. Damn it, says Ebba Andersson.
She believes she was infected by Calle Halfvarsson during the Christmas camp in Lavazè.
– This was the first time we saw each other since we both recovered, says Andersson.
– He was the one who got sick first and was most likely the one who brought that covid disease with him to Lavazè. It’s hard to say, it’s different incubation times and everything, but there’s a lot that speaks for it.
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Looked at the room
Halfvarsson himself does not really understand how he could have been infected.
– Ebba and Gustaf (Berglund) lived next to my room and Moa (Lundgren) and Ebba passed by and stuck their noses in my room to see what my room looked like. I don’t know if that’s when they got infected. I didn’t feel sick then, but maybe I had it in me. They say it’s very contagious, covid, but I don’t know, it feels weird… But it should have been me who infected them, I guess, unfortunately. I got infected in Norway, took it to Italy and infected everyone else, says Halfvarsson.
He does not know how the form is after the illness.
– Hard to say. Today it felt really bad, but I still feel some glimmers of light. It’s there somewhere, but the breath isn’t there. It felt like I had some lung disease today. The lungs don’t work at all, unfortunately.
Boyfriend healthy
The situation is better with Ebba Andersson’s boyfriend Gustaf Berglund, who is competing in the Tour de Ski healthy and strong against all odds.
– I had a few incidents. For example, I sat next to Calle Halfvarsson on the flight down and then I slept together with Ebba, says Berglund.
– I have been told by my teammates that I must have some special immunity.
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