NAfter the isolation of the entire Swedish ski team due to a positive corona test, criticism of the approach shortly before the two slaloms in Levi is loud. The overall World Cup winner Federica Brignone from Italy wrote on Instagram: “What are we all being tested for? How can it be that all athletes in a nation (who are all negative in three tests) are not allowed to race because of a positive coach? Is that fair? ”Several German athletes like Linus Straßer, Kira Weidle and Stefan Luitz shared the contribution.
A Swedish trainer reported positive results on Thursday. The responsible authorities then ordered the entire Swedish team to go into quarantine. The Swedes, including the top driver and podium candidate Anna Swenn-Larsson, will miss the two slaloms on Saturday and Sunday in Lapland. Brignone compared the situation with that in football and asked: “Why is it allowed to continue playing in football where there is physical contact between the players, even if there are some positive cases? Please give us clear and equal rules. “
The French top driver Alexis Pinturault sees the action at risk of equal opportunities. If the rule remains that the whole team is affected immediately in the event of a corona case, “then I’ll miss competitions too. It’s not just likely, it’s certain. ”The technology specialist pointed out that he himself and a few other racing drivers, including Brignone and the Norwegian overall World Cup winner Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, were already infected with corona and should therefore actually have antibodies.
“The organizers have to revise their schedules,” demanded Pinturault in an interview with “Ski Chrono” on Friday. Otherwise there could be consequences for the sporting competition. He speculated that Swenn-Larsson, for example, could have problems staying in the first slalom starting group in the World Cup without points from the two races in Levi. “That affects the chances enormously,” said the Frenchman.
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