MOSCOW, Jan 26 Russian skiers left the hotel in Italy where the infected were staying COVID-19 representatives of the Norwegian national team, this was announced by the head coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team Yuri Borodavko. The coach of the Norwegian national skiing team Arild Monsen, as well as skiers Heidi Veng and Anna Kjersti included in the women's national team of Norway for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing Calvo, tested positive for COVID-19 while at a training camp in Italy. Representatives of the Russian national team were in the same hotel with the Norwegians. «This news came as a shock to us. And we decided that it would be more correct to find a new home,» TV2 quotes Borodavko. Now the Russians live in a small hotel nearby. “There are fewer people here. Now I hope that no one else gets infected. It’s a pity for the two Norwegian athletes,” Borodavko said. Earlier, Borodavko said that Russian skiers would fly to the Games in Beijing from Milan on January 29 in one group.
