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The luge driver stopped by Covid: today he missed the last official training, in which his cousin Dominik finished fourth.
Friday 4 February 2022 2 minutes reading time
It is the first case linked to an Italian athlete and, considering what happened for other nations, we think first of all of Norway which yesterday also lost Jarl Magnus Riiber, absolute champion of the Nordic combined, it was almost inevitable.
Kevin Fischnaller, just on the eve of the Olympic start for sleds, tested positive at Covid: at first there was talk of an absence from today's official training just to rest in view of the first two race runs scheduled for Saturday men's single (medals will then be awarded on Sunday), then the confirmation arrived, among other things announced live at dawn on RAI 2. A real shame, also because the winner of the World Cup sprint last season , he had found himself particularly well on Yanqing's gut, as the training of these days had indicated.
Cousin Dominik, among the favorites for the podium, today finished fourth in the last test, but now there can only be concern within the team led by Armin Zoeggeler for the situation that has arisen.
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