Victor Hedman on the Olympics: "You have some thoughts about quarantine"

2021-12-15T09:52:28.574Z

There is uncertainty about the NHL players' participation in the Olympics. But that it should be a mandatory quarantine of several weeks in a positive covid test is not true, according to SOK. - There are some uncertainties that need to be sorted out before we get on the plane and fly there, says Victor Hedman to Sportbladet.

NHL players in the Olympics or not.

With less than two months left, the issue is highly topical.

The corona virus is raging in the NHL, where several of the teams have had to postpone matches recently.

The NHL's 82-match regular season series will end on April 29, and to make room for the postponed matches, the Olympic break is an option.

Another concern is a possible long quarantine during a positive test in Beijing.

Should an athlete test positive during the Olympics, you must have submitted two negative tests 24 hours in a row to be allowed to go home from the Olympic bubble.

Depending on how long an athlete is ill, the quarantine can be long-lasting - but there is no mandatory quarantine period.

- There are no three weeks, four weeks or five weeks, says the Swedish Olympic Committee's press manager Lars Markusson to SVT Sport.

The NHL's big poster name, Edmonton's Connor McDavid, answered questions on Tuesday about possibly having to be quarantined for three to five weeks.

- If that were to be the case, it is worrying, he says according to The Athletic.

The Swedish star defender Victor Hedman, who is one of three Olympic-ready players, tells Sportbladet that on Wednesday he will participate in a conversation about the Olympic issue with other representatives of the players' union.

- We all want to play the Olympics, there is no talk about it.

But right now there is a lot of ambiguity and many questions we need to sort out before we get on the plane and fly there.

Of course, there are some thoughts about that information about quarantine.

But as I said, no decisions will be made until we know more, he tells the newspaper.

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