Biathlon star Christiansen: After falling by bike ready for the comeback!

Biathlon star Christiansen: After falling by bike ready for the comeback!

Norwegen - The Norwegian biathlete Vetle Sjastad Christiansen recently suffered serious injuries in a bicycle accident. The incident occurred during a mountain bike tour in Norway when Christiansen wanted to test the grip properties of new tires. In a curve he lost control of his mountain bike and fell. He contracted "deep wounds on the elbow and a stiff hip", as he documented in his Instagram story with a picture of his injured forearm. Despite these injuries, the athlete plans to venture on the mountain bike again in the coming days to prepare for the upcoming biathlon season.

Christiansen had a disappointing record last season. After a race in Ruhpolding, he was transferred to the IBU Cup by the Norwegian World Cup squad. At the World Cup in Lenzerheide, he only worked as a reservist. Nevertheless, he was able to win a silver medal in the sprint and gold with the season at the European Championship in Martell. However, these successes could not be enough to bring him back to the World Cup, and so he was not contested in the last competition of the season in Pokljuka.

preparation for the next season

Although Christiansen could not achieve the desired results last season, his goal remains clear: he would like to establish himself in the top of the world in the upcoming biathlon season. Preparation for this season is already in full swing, and the accident will probably not stop him from his project.

A look at the challenges in biathlon shows that injuries are not unusual during training. While acute injuries in this sport rarely occur compared to other disciplines, as the incident with Christiansen shows, they cannot be ruled out. Dr. Jan Wüstenfeld and Prof. Bernd Wolfarth, experts in the field of sports medicine, emphasized in a GOTS newsletter that the injury risks in biathlon, especially due to the high training pollution (up to 30 hours a week), should not be underestimated. Overload complaints and respiratory diseases are common problems that can affect biathletes.

For Christiansen, the hope remains that he can heal his wounds quickly to attack in the coming season. His determination and will to return to the competition have been unbroken.

For more information on the challenges in biathlon, including the violation risks, you can report the reports of GOTS and the news of Read.