The surge in COVID-19 cases recorded for several weeks is not only disrupting the international sports calendar. It also claims its share of victims among athletes, particularly in winter disciplines. 38 days before the opening of the Beijing Games (February 4 to 20), American skier Mikaela Shiffrin announced on social networks that she had tested positive for coronavirus. She explains having placed herself in isolation and having to give up the next stages of the Women's Alpine Skiing World Cup, a slalom and a giant scheduled for this week in Lienz, Austria. The American joins a list of big names in alpine skiing affected in recent weeks by the pandemic, including the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami, the Austrian Katharina Liensberger and the New Zealander Alice Robinson.
