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- Jets’ Ehlers enters NHL’s COVID-19 protocol
- Last scheduled World Cup cross-country skiing event cancelled
Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers has been placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced Monday.
The 25-year-old ranks third on the Jets in scoring this season with 13 goals and 25 points in 33 games.
The Jets are scheduled to visit the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday.
Winnipeg sits fifth in the Central Division with a record of 16-12-5.
Cross-country skiing chancelled
The last scheduled World Cup meeting in cross-country skiing before the Beijing Olympics was cancelled on Monday to protect athletes from the risk of COVID-19 infection in Slovenia.
Planica was to host events from Jan. 21-23 in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined for men and women.
“Due to the current acute development of the pandemic in Slovenia, the safety of stakeholders involved at those large-scale events could not be guaranteed,” the International Ski Federation (FIS) said.
Any athlete testing positive for COVID-19 so soon before traveling to the Winter Games that open on Feb. 4 risks being quarantined and denied entry to China.
FIS said it will look to find a replacement venue for the World Cup events in both disciplines. A men’s Nordic combined meeting is already scheduled in Austria later this month.
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