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Frida Karlsson ended the entire World Cup by winning gold in the five -mile.
On the other hand, it was a complicated and tough trip there.
Now it is revealed what Frida Karlsson had to do to be able to compete at all.
A fourth place in Skiathlon (20 km), a bronze medal in the 10-kilometer race and the World Cup gold both in the baton and the five-mile. Frida Karlsson25, got a really good end to the World Cup in Trondheim. At the same time, she has struggled hard to make the body.
Frida Karlsson’s health problems
Already in the preseason Frida injured his foot and she was forced to rehab train for a couple of weeks before, against all odds, she was back in the World Cup premiere in Ruka. During the season, however, she has had to skip several competitions because of her health problems. In addition to the foot injury, she also suffers from groin problems.
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It has not been a matter of course that she could compete at all. During the World Cup she had close contact with the national team’s medical team. She even left Trondheim at one time to quickly go home and meet her physio.
– It has been difficult to say in advance whether it is to hold or not. We have run rehab to make it work throughout the championship. And on my part, I have been able to help with painkillers so that it can be possible to go in such tough relationships, says the national team doctor Rickard Noberius to SVT Sport.
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Rickard Noberius continues:
– She is a fantastic racing person and used to go through pain to get where she wants. I think she really wanted revenge after a little disappointment earlier in the World Cup. I understood that she would not fold down.
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Frida admits to SVT that it has been tough for her before and during the championship. She has pressed herself hard and her body has not always been on top.
– It has been tough to continue to believe it. I just thought it could wear or burst. It held and now I have to make sure to patch up again, she says.
National team doctor Rickard Noberius also reveals that Frida was forced to use silver tape to fix the foot. It was absolutely necessary for her to even be able to compete in the World Cup.
– Now it is just as Frida says, now we have to patch it together so we can remove the silver tape. It’s time to cook it so it doesn’t occur again. We have to sit down and talk to Frida and make a plan, he says.
You stood for a fantastic World Cup, Frida! What an incredible achievement to even get started. Hope that the body feels okay and that you can now rest and train yourself again for the next season. Congratulations to the World Cup medals!
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