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The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo are on alert. At the opening, the national teams were in a major crisis due to norovirus.
Global media 'AP News' reported on the 7th (Korea time) that "the situation of the Finnish women's ice hockey team, which has a big gap due to norovirus, is improving, but now a Swiss player is quarantined due to the confirmed norovirus."
According to the Swiss Olympic Committee, one of the Swiss national teams tested positive for norovirus after the match against the Czech Republic. As a result, all Swiss women's ice hockey teams have been quarantined.
The outbreak began earlier with the rapid spread of the virus within the Finnish national team. Finland has reached the point of being unable to play due to an outbreak of infections in the national team. As a result, the preliminary match against Canada, which was originally scheduled, was postponed in a surprise move.
Fortunately, the situation in Finland is getting better little by little. Only 10 people took to the ice during last Thursday's training session, but all 14 participated in Friday's practice. Currently, Finland is known to have a strong will to play the match against the United States as scheduled.
"Nine people are still in quarantine, but I firmly believe we will be able to play the match against the United States," said Oikarinen, head of the Finnish national team. That's not going to happen," he said.
Coach Tero Letera also expressed his willingness to play, saying, "I will play against the United States no matter what." Earlier, during the postponement of the match against Canada, Letera said, "It is unfair to ask only 10 healthy players to play full-time. We also had to consider the possibility of affecting the health of Canadian players," he said.
However, it is inevitable to lose some money in the future due to inevitable changes in game time. Finland and Canada played a reorganized match just before the quarterfinals, putting them at a disadvantage with less time off than other teams.
Despite the spread of the virus, Switzerland showed its potential with a dramatic victory. Switzerland trailed Czech Republic by two goals until midway through the third round in their first qualifying match before the quarantine, before scoring two goals with 11 minutes to go to tie the game 3-3. In the end, after a penalty shootout that lasted until the eighth round, Ivana Way's winning goal led to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory.
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