Overview
- Norwegian outlet VG, cited by multiple reports, says the altitude-simulation mask found on Sivert Guttorm Bakken was set to 7,000 meters, a level with very low available oxygen.
- Italian police have seized items from the hotel room in Lavazè and conducted an autopsy, but officials have not released a cause of death.
- Investigators are evaluating whether the device malfunctioned or whether its setting could have been changed inadvertently during rescue efforts.
- Norway’s Olympiatoppen has advised athletes to suspend use of simulated-altitude devices until further notice.
- Teammate and former partner Juni Arnekleiv said she would race at the Schalke exhibition to honor Bakken, with a moment of silence planned.