– I don’t think it’s right. That’s what a clear Benedikt Doll says to news after hearing tomorrow’s plans for the Norwegian team. STUSSER: Benedikt Doll. Photo: MICHAL CIZEK / AFP Yesterday it became known that Johannes Thingnes Bø and Tarjei Bø have both tested positive for corona in Nove Mesto, which did not prevent them from competing. Today the duo are treating themselves to a day of rest, but national team manager Per Arne Botnan confirms that the brothers will travel on to Östersund on Monday, where the World Cup circus continues. Mode of travel? Charter flights were set up for the athletes by the International Biathlon Union (IBU), and that is what makes biathlete Doll and others react. – Others can get sick. It’s no secret. If I had been sick, I would have driven. I hadn’t gone on the plane, says the biathlete. He thinks it’s a selfish choice when it’s obvious that others can get sick, and he hopes they at least get empty seats around them. Competitors react Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson is happy that he will not be on the same plane as the Norwegian team. The IBU has set up several flights, and the Swede will be on a different flight than his Norwegian rivals. – I don’t have all the details, but if they have symptoms and are sick, then it’s not so cool that they get on that plane, he says after leading Sweden to second place in the mixed relay on Sunday. Samuelsson says that he trusts that the Norwegian team makes good choices, and that athletes are generally good at keeping their distance and washing their hands. – So if you were to have traveled on the same flight as them, would you have thought that it was unproblematic? – No, not if they have corona, he replies firmly. IBU’s corona rules IBU’s communications manager Christian Winckler says the following to news: – Corona has in a way become a normal health problem, but we are very clear that no one should risk anything. But it is the team that must make an assessment, he says about – There is only common sense in our decisions. Completely in line with the IBU’s own guidelines – health and safety first. Biathlon expert Ola Lunde understands that well. – Is it selfish? – Yes, they think about what is optimal for them, of course. That’s why they’re so good. BISHOP EXPERT: Ola Lunde. Photo: Anders Boine Verstad / news news’s Lunde believes that the Norwegian athletes and leaders would have reacted if someone else did something similar. – If Sebastian Samuelsson and Martin Ponsiluoma had had a positive corona test, and they should have traveled by charter plane, what would Johannes and Tarjei have said? Would Norway have been satisfied with that? Those are my questions, says the expert. – Norway has run an extremely strict line, but the two will be part of a charter going forward. It is very special, he continues. The sports chief fires back Norway’s sports chief does not understand the criticism. He believes that it is unproblematic to bring corona-infected athletes on the plane. SPORTS MANAGER: Per Arne Botnan Photo: Roy Kenneth Sydnes Jacobsen / news – It’s a long way in. Our doctors say that on board an airplane is the safest place you can be, because air is exchanged there all the time. And we sit with masks on planes. – Do you understand the concern? – Yes, if you don’t know how it works on a plane. And if you don’t know what precautions we take. But I had been more worried about being infected by other things from everyone else on the plane, than I had been skeptical about traveling with the two of them. Botnan acknowledges that both tested positive again on Sunday morning, but will in no way agree that the plan is selfish. – They have to learn a bit about it before they make a statement like that, he counters.
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