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ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Swede Stina Nilsson got a chilly reception at the Beijing Games' biathlon venue, posting a picture of her frost-covered face on Instagram ahead of the competition beginning next week.
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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.