Olympic Games The Swedish medal hope was left out of the plane at Helsinki-Vantaa: I had to travel to Beijing via Paris

Swedish an Olympic team medalist Alexandra Edebon the trip to Beijing included a longer break than intended in Finland. Edebota, which competes in freestyle skicross, was not allowed on a plane departing for China at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

On the Aftonbladet website Edebo, who reports on the matter, says the cause was in a patient with covid 19 disease. Edebo has suffered from covid 19 disease, but the information had not yet been updated to a QR code that will be checked before leaving for China.

“It resulted in a dramatic 24 hours. Late in the evening, I had to look for a place to get a Chinese-approved PCR test in Helsinki and go there. The place was open for an extra hour for me, ”Edebo said.

After that, Edebon had to find a hotel and wait for the test result to arrive so that he could get the QR code green through it.

Eventually, Edebo got up at five in the morning and took the first possible plane to Beijing, but the trip had to be made via Paris. If Edebo hadn’t got to the Paris plane, he should have been in Finland for two days longer.

Edebo, 26, will compete in Beijing on Thursday. In the previous two World Cup competitions before Beijing, he finished second and fourth.

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