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Linn Persson was the big success this season.
Now she has been forced to have double operations in just two weeks.
– It was too much to duck for, she says to SVT.
The big exclamation point of the season in the Swedish national biathlon team was indeed Lynn Persson. The 28-year-old from Torsby really impressed during the winter and drove home two individual podium places at the World Cup and then improved his form during the Biathlon World Cup 2023 in Oberhof.
Persson exceeded everyone’s expectations when she collected a total of three WC medals, one silver and two bronze, and was second best in Sweden after the WC queen Hanna Öberg. But after the season ended, Linn has mostly had to spend time in the hospital.
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The Swede has been forced to undergo double operations to get rid of her shoulder and groin problems that have hindered her for a long time. Only today was she allowed to leave the hospital after her second operation in two weeks.
– It feels great, a relief. I feel very well now and hope that it will be completely fine, she tells SVT Sport and admits that this was absolutely necessary.
– It has been a given. We talked about an operation already last spring, but then time was a bit tight before the summer. Then we said that it would be allowed to go another year. During the season, the groin also appeared, then it became too much to duck for.
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Linn’s new message
Now she can rest and start looking ahead to next season – hopefully without injuries and problems for the first time in a long time.
– I can start training quite soon. But I need a few more weeks for the wounds to heal before I start rehabilitation. I can train the lower body while I rehabilitate my shoulder, she says in the interview.
– Now I am very motivated to make progress with my shoulder and groin.
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The next biathlon season does not begin until November 25, so there is plenty of time left for rehabilitation and then rebuilding the body. Linn Persson will not rush, but let her body take the time it needs.
– There will be an increased load as time goes on. Different exercises are different far away. Stake impulses, for example, I don’t know when I can do. But it might be a few months away, she tells the television channel.
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