Denmark names first athletes for Beijing 2022 as curling teams selected
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- 05 Jan 2022
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Five women and five men have been chosen to represent Denmark in the curling tournament at next month’s Games.
Madeleine Dupont will skip the women’s team that consists of her sister, Denise, Mathilde Halse, My Larsen and Jasmin Lander.
Mikkel Krause has been given the nod to lead the men’s rink that also features Mads Nørregaard Rasmussen, Henrik Holtermann, Kasper Wiksten and Tobias Thune after they secured the final curling place at last month's qualifier.
With COVID-19 cases rising across the world due to the emergence of the Omicron variant, question marks have been raised over the staging of the Winter Olympics.
But Natorp said he had been reassured by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the Games will be held from February 4 to 20 as planned.
"There are no indications that we are not going to the Winter Olympics," Natorp told Danish television network TV 2.
"The IOC is very aware that a secure corona bubble is being created around the athletes, and we are leaning towards the IOC.
"If the IOC says that the Olympics will be held, then Denmark will also participate.
"We are in the process of our preparations for full pressure, and there is nothing to suggest that the Winter Olympics cannot be held."
Rigorous COVID-19 countermeasures are set to be implemented at Beijing 2022, with anyone attending the Games existing in a "closed-loop management" for the duration of the event.
"We are confident of being in a bubble, and I am sure that the Chinese organisers are very careful," added Natorp.
Denmark’s first and only medal came in curling at Nagano 1998 when the women’s team claimed silver, losing to Canada in the final. Read More…
