Winter Olympics 2022 - Covid concern for biathlon star Johannes Thingnes Boe who is identified as a close contact

Norway's biathlon star Johannes Thingnes Boe may be sweating on the results of coronavirus tests after he was identified as a close contact ahead of beginning his challenge at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The triple Olympic medallist is still able to train and compete, but they cannot leave their hotel rooms for any other reason, with meals delivered to them.

Ad/> Norway, who largely dominate cross-country skiing and biathlon, had their plans thrown into chaos when three athletes and a coach tested positive for Covid-19 at a training camp in Italy, but on this occasion the instruction to isolate has come from sitting close to someone on the flight to China, who turned out to be infected. /> Beijing 2022Olympics Unlocked: The keys to mastering the Biathlon13 HOURS AGO Boe is due to compete in the mixed relay on Saturday, before defending his 20km title on Tuesday, while team-mate Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold has also been identified as a close contact.

But the way the instruction to quarantine was handled has been criticised by the Chef de Mission Tore Oevreboe, who claims the hotel manager knew about the situation before the team did — and says organisers need to tighten up how sensative isolation is handled. Norway skiing star Kruger tests positive for coronavirus Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more Biathlon at the Beijing Olympics: What are the rules? How does scoring work? «He (the hotel manager) is a decent guy, but he shouldn't have had that information before us, it's completely 'Texas',» Oevreboe said, using a Norwegian expression meaning «Wild West».