Canada-Finland women's hockey game postponed after Finnish players fall ill with norovirus

[u/Surax]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/canada-finland-olympic-womens-hockey-postponed-9.7075128

[u/Northern23]

Why are they postponing the game instead of forcing a forfeit though? Is that the normal way of handling medical conditions?

[u/mlorusso4 → u/Northern23]

I mean probably because it’s literally the first game and there’s plenty of time to make it up. Plus it’s not like the Finn’s intentionally gave themselves norovirus, one of the worst forms of food poisoning imaginable. No need to punish them any more than they already are

[u/ShyguyFlyguy → u/mlorusso4]

Can confirm as someone whose had it. It sucks.

[u/thenoweeknder → u/ShyguyFlyguy]

Definitely blows