COVID: Italy pulls team from cross-country skiing worlds

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - Italy on Wednesday withdrew its team from the cross-country skiing world championships at Oberstdorf in Germany after some cases of COVID-19 were found in the technical staff.
    The team will return to Italy later Wednesday.
    The decision to withdraw the team was taken by the head of the national cross-country skiing federation on the advice of the team doctor.
    The worlds have five days still to run.
    Sources said that a skiman, ski jumper Jessica Malsiner, the team chefs and another member of staff tested positive for the virus. (ANSA).