Norway is emulating. Following the decision of the Norwegian cross-country skiers not to go to the last two stages of the cross-country skiing World Cup of the year, scheduled for this December in Davos (Switzerland), then in Dresden (Germany), Sweden and Finland in turn announced that they would abandon these two competitions. “ The medical evaluation was of major importance in our decision, explained the Swedish Ski Federation in a press release. As things stand, we cannot find a virus-free path to and from Davos or Dresden. If things go wrong, the illness can have potentially serious consequences for the infected person. » The same fears are invoked on the Finnish side to explain the decision to skip the two European stages “ Everything must be done to ensure that athletes and support staff are not infected and do not spread the virus.”, explained Maarit Valtonen, the chief doctor of the Finnish Olympic committee. With the renunciation of these three major Nordic skiing nations, the rest of the season promises to be very uncertain.
