Four players on the Finnish women’s national ice hockey team are ill the day before the Winter Games in Milan. There will also be trouble with the USA and France. According to Expressen, it is suspected that the Finns have contracted the stomach infection norovirus. That could lead to Finland having to field a clearly weakened team in the opening match against Canada on Thursday. Sweden will be based in the same location as Finland during the Games. Measures are now being taken to prevent infection between the teams. – We have received information that some Finnish players have contracted a form of stomach illness. We also know that France has had something similar and have received indications that something has gone wrong in the USA squad, says Fredrik Joulamo. He has organizational responsibility for the Swedish squad during the Olympics. Joulamo has direct contact with his Finnish counterpart to get as much information as possible about the disease problem. – We try to find out which corridors they go in, which lifts they use and how they work with cleaning the premises we share. We have a good dialogue there, says Joulamo. Sweden opens its Olympics with a match against Germany on Thursday. Sweden went out in the quarter-finals of the 2022 Games with a 0-11 loss to Canada, who is the reigning champion. (NTB)
Finnish Olympic Athletes Struck by Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
