Olympics-Norway's Flugstad Oestberg to miss Beijing Games


FILE PHOTO: Norway's Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg competes in the women's cross-country team sprint classic final during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Norway's double Olympic cross country skiing champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg will miss the 2022 Games in Beijing due to health issues, the country's winter sports governing body said on Sunday.

The Norwegian Ski Federation (NSF) said the 31-year-old, who won gold in the team sprint in Sochi in 2014 and the 4x5km relay in Pyeongchang in 2018, would miss the Tour de Ski and the Olympics.

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