Finland’s women’s hockey team cancelled its training session on Wednesday with four players dealing with an illness.
The decision comes as Finland is set to face Canada in their opening game of the Winter Olympics on Thursday (LIVE on TSN at 3 p.m. ET/Noon PT.)
“We’re reviewing a difficult situation,” Finland’s media manager Henna Malmberg told the Associated Press.
Malmberg said the game is still scheduled to be played, with team officials in the midst of providing an update to International Ice Hockey Federation on the situation. Finland has an off day on Friday, before facing the United States on Saturday.
Finland’s national public broadcaster Yle first reported four players experienced stomach problems overnight due to what’s believed to be a norovirus. The players have spent the day isolated in their rooms, the broadcaster reported.
Four players on the Finnish Women’s hockey team have contracted an illness which caused their training session on Wednesday to be cancelled.
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Following their game against Canada, Finland will be off Friday before facing Team USA on Saturday and Czechia on Sunday. Finland will close out their group-round play next Tuesday against Switzerland.
Of the 10 teams in the tournament, four from reach group will advance to the quarter-finals. Group A features Finland, Canada, the United States, Switzerland and Czechia, with Germany, Japan, Sweden, Italy and France playing in Group B.
Finland won bronze at both 2022 Beijing and 2018 Pyeongchang and have a total of four bronze medals in the seven Olympics since women’s hockey was introduced in 1998.