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Olympic favourite Jarl Magnus Riiber narrowly avoided a ski jump crash on the eve of the Games as windy conditions allowed Vinzenz Geiger to claim a second World Cup victory of the season. The Norwegian won the first of three back-to-back World Cup events in Seefeld but the second saw him struck by an untimely gust of wind just as he was taking off on the large hill.
This year’s Winter Olympics get under way on February 2 in Beijing with the official opening ceremony two days later.
Norway have been dealt a huge blow with the news Simen Hegstad Kruger has tested positive for coronavirus. Kruger won gold in the 30km skiathlon in Pyeongchang in 2018, and was the overwhelming favourite to defend his crown in the endurance event. Ad/> However, his chances of representing his country in Beijing are effectively over after he tested positive during a routine round of PCR tests on Thursday.
STOCKHOLM: Double Olympic champion Simen Krueger on Thursday became the latest Norwegian cross-country skier to test positive for COVID-19 after a coach and two other skiers received positive results earlier in the week.
STOCKHOLM : Double Olympic champion Simen Krueger on Thursday became the latest Norwegian cross-country skier to test positive for COVID-19 after a coach and two other skiers received positive results earlier in the week.
BEIJING : With just over a week until the Winter Games begin, teams are frantically trying to ensure that athletes stay virus-free to get past Beijing's strict checks and make it to the start line as the highly infectious Omicron variant threatens to dash Olympic dreams.
1986 Olympics bronze medalist Dr. John Carlos slams China's restrictions on Olympic athletes on 'Fox News Live.'
James Clugnet credits the team behind the team for his own rapid rise and the success story that is British cross-country skiing.The 25-year-old sprint specialist has joined Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young at the summit of the sport, going further than any Team GB athletes have gone before.But things weren't always so rosy and when he finished third last at the U23 World Championships in 2017, Clugnet's Olympic ambitions looked like a pipe dream.A switch flicked, according to the skier, in 2018 when the sport began benefitting from the support of The National Lottery.«I never thought it would be possible to go to the Olympics, let alone to compete for top ten and a medal which is what I'm going for,» said Clugnet. «The team got super professional in 2018 and National Lottery funding made a huge difference for me.»Suddenly I had coaches who were really following me, really involved and showed me what it took to be good.