Corona is causing chaos in the biathlon circus

Before the home World Cup in Östersund starting on Thursday, Sweden's mass start world champion Sebastian Samuelsson tested positive for the coronavirus. “I have very few symptoms and hope to still be able to compete in Östersund. But for that I have to get completely healthy first,” said the 25-year-old on Instagram. He had mild cold symptoms and a subsequent test came back positive. Samuelsson now hopes to at least be there for the final mass start on Sunday. This also applies to Norway's superstar Johannes Thingnes Bø, his brother Tarjei and their teammate Sturla Holm Lægreid. The trio had been infected the previous week at the World Cup in Nove Mesto, as had France's overall World Cup winner Quentin Fillon Maillet and the Ukrainian Dmytro Pidruchnyi. Bø brothers in criticism The Bø brothers celebrated two double victories in the Czech Republic, on Saturday in the pursuit despite a positive test. The fact that they then wanted to fly on the plane with the other athletes caused criticism after the races on Sunday. “That’s not right,” Benedikt Doll told the Norwegian broadcaster NRK . “You can infect others. If I had been sick, I would have driven.” The Norwegians responded to the criticism and booked the Bøs on another flight to Norway. The penultimate World Cup starts on Thursday with the women's singles (13.15 p.m.), followed by the men's singles (16.20 p.m.).

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Corona is causing chaos in the biathlon circus

Shortly before the end of the biathlon season, the next top athlete was diagnosed with Corona.

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