MOSCOW, Jan 26 Norway cross country coach Eirik Mür Nossum contacted with the athletes who were part of the national Olympic team as substitutes and asked them to be ready for a possible trip to the Olympic Games in Beijing, according to NRK. Didrik Tønset confirmed that Nossum contacted them. Also, a call from coach Arild Monsen, who contracted the coronavirus upon arrival from a training camp in the Italian high-mountain resort of Seiser Alm, was reported by coach Thomas Helland Larsen. «Arild called him (Larsen). There is talk that two spare sprinters and two spare marathoner,» said coach Ola Kvisle. On Wednesday it became known that cross-country skiers Heidi Weng and Anne Kjersti Kalvo received positive test results for coronavirus. The athletes were included in the Norwegian women's cross-country skiing team for the Olympic Games in Beijing, which will start on February 4. On Wednesday, the team was due to leave Italy for Norway before flying to China, which is scheduled for Thursday.
