Jarl Magnus Riiber will be having sleepless nights for a while after making the ultimate mistake in the men's Nordic combined event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The Norwegian, competing in the Nordic combined individual large hill/10 km biathlon event on Tuesday, was leading by a mammoth 44 seconds in the cross country leg and was strolling to the gold medal.
But little did he know that he had in fact taken a wrong turn - having been unable to learn and practice on the track at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center, after only just coming out of Covid isolation.
