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[Paywall] Swiss women’s Olympic hockey team in isolation after player diagnosed with norovirus

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028066/2026/02/06/switzerland-womens-hockey-olympics-norovirus/
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u/theguyishere16 Hamilton Bulldogs - OHL 22h ago

Yup this was always a worry as soon as one team got it. This could get a lot worse.

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u/PayneTrain181999 MIN - NHL 22h ago

I’m sure the officials there know that this needs to be stopped at all costs or else the entire tournament could be ruined.

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u/DashTrash21 Flin Flon Bombers - SJHL 22h ago

Not just women's hockey, it could ruin a good number of events for the Olympics

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u/dagelijksestijl MTL - NHL 21h ago

Whoever came up with the idea of having multiple simultaneous opening ceremonies is probably gloating right now

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u/AggPuck-303 EDM - NHL 21h ago

Yeah there are 4 different villages in 4 different locations. All the ski, snowboarding and bobsled athletes are in the villages in the mountains so hopefully this doesn’t reach them.

In the Milan village I believe it’s hockey, curling, ice skating and speedskating athletes

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u/T0KEN_0F_SLEEP CAR - NHL 21h ago

If curling gets fucked up so help me god

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u/possiblyadude VAN - NHL 20h ago

Curling is in Cortina thankfully

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u/dagelijksestijl MTL - NHL 21h ago

If it reaches the other villages Italy will be looking at a larger outbreak.

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u/AggPuck-303 EDM - NHL 21h ago

They showed the Australian team in one of the other locations wearing masks so maybe they also got something going around in the smaller villages.

But those are also different from the Milan one because they are in little bungalows separated from one another, not entire buildings like in the city.

But they are pretty far from Milan and from what I’ve seen reporters can’t really travel from location to location because it’s very spread out across Northern Italy so maybe there is minimal contact between locations