The bangs are dense for the Norwegian length ladies.

On Tuesday, they faced historic failure in the sprint.

It was the first time ever that no Norwegian finished top six in an Olympic sprint.

Now comes the next setback.

"The dream is shattered"

Heidi Weng - who tested positive for covid-19 at the end of January - misses the entire Olympics.

- It turns out that it has taken longer than we had hoped to get Heidi ready for the Olympics, says national team manager Espen Bjergvig

30-year-old Weng has won an Olympic medal earlier in his career.

She took bronze in the 2014 skiathlon.

"The Olympic dream is shattered.

It's "just an Olympics", but it's still boring ", Weng writes on Instragram ..