After Norway’s gold favorite Jarl Magnus Riiber feared for his start because of a positive corona test, an infection has now also been detected in three-time Olympic champion Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber. The two Germans came to the quarantine hotels specially designed for this purpose. Only after two negative PCR tests at least 24 hours apart can those affected leave before the end of ten days. After this period, only a negative PCR test is required.
Meanwhile, Riiber’s trainer Jan Schmidt raised hopes that his protégé was doing “surprisingly well”. “I think he was mentally prepared for this scenario because he had the same problem in November,” Schmidt told Reuters. In order to get the dominator of recent years to start in the best possible form, Norway officials are trying to bring a bicycle ergometer into his quarantine room. The Nordic Combined competitions begin on Wednesday.
Source: Nachrichten
