– It is very stressful, right now I am very worried, says the Norwegian sports manager Arild Tveiten to news, while he is waiting for information about Lotte Miller. Because he had no information about Miller’s whereabouts when he was interviewed by news. The Norwegian athlete had then broken the competition after his second tumble. Afterwards, news’s camera caught Miller on her way to the medical tent, almost an hour after she broke the competition. – Ouch. it didn’t look good, exclaimed news’s commentator Jann Post when the images of Lotte Miller’s overturned rolled in the replay. Miller had already gone down on the bike part once, when it rained again on the 40-kilometer bike part of the competition. And this time Miller was left lying on the tarmac. And it didn’t look good. GOT HELP: Lotte Miller on her way to medical treatment after her second roll, which sent her out of the competition. The athlete, who has struggled with his back in the past, had to break, as the asphalt was about to dry up after soapy conditions. – I hope there is nothing in the area she is in pain with now. It looked scary, says news expert Jørgen Gundersen. Then she had also gone down in the ground earlier in the competition: – I am trying to get hold of someone who knows, but for now there is no one who does or can give a clear answer, sports manager Arild Tveiten told news right after the competition. He then had no information about Lotte Miller’s whereabouts. Sometime later, Lotte Miller walked away from a medical check-up with an ice pack on her thigh. Miller then asked to collect herself a bit before she wants to be interviewed by news. LAME: Lotte Miller on her way away from a medical check-up. Photo: Hanne Skjellum No replacement The question now is whether there will be a joke for the Norwegian team in the team competition next week. If Miller has had a blow that means she cannot sit, Norway does not have a team, points out news expert Jørgen Gundersen. Because there is no one to replace Miller. – Lotte has trained mostly for the mixed relay we have on Monday. This was no fun to watch, says Gundersen. ON THE GROUND: Lotte Miller had a hard time during the triathlon competition in Paris When asked what he thought when Miller fell over twice, Tveiten replies: – The first time I was happy she got up, but the second time I thought “oh, this is stupid , this looked painful”. Then it was just a matter of thinking what we could do. We also didn’t get out on the trail and had to trust that there were enough personnel out there. But you’re stressed, because you just want her to be okay. CONCERNED: Sports manager Arild Tveiten in the Triathlon Association. Photo: Hanne Skjellum He pointed out that it was soapy in the streets and that he thinks the Norwegian athletes had good air pressure adapted to the wet conditions. But it had also been a bad day for Miller already when it got messy in the transition to the bike section: – Soapy smooth Before Miller’s fall, there had been extreme conditions in Paris during the triathlon competition. On the bike part, it was very slippery in the streets, which also partly contained cobblestone sections. A number of athletes hit the tarmac. Several went down in the same overturn and the same turns. – It is soapy in Paris, said Post as the athletes continued to tumble on the wet surface. SCRUBBED UP: Lotte Miller also got a solid bang at the first meeting with the asphalt on Wednesday morning. Photo: David Goldman / AP But it was when the asphalt was about to dry that the Norwegian athlete fell out of the competition. It had already been an extreme day for the athletes. Because when the competition was underway, it was not the bacteria in the river Seine that was at stake. TROUBLE: Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto from Colombia was just one of many athletes who tumbled through the streets of Paris in the cycling section. Photo: David Goldman / AP Swimming mistakes Because while Lotte Miller had to break, things didn’t go smoothly for Solveig Løvseth either. The other Norwegian participant simply swam incorrectly after a good start. – Right now I don’t know if I should laugh or cry, I’d rather laugh at the interview and cry when I get home, says Løvseth. She was eventually number 48. It was on the second round of the swimming part that things went wrong for the Norwegian athlete. – I don’t know how I’m going to manage it, but I don’t see the bend I’m going to turn around. So I just keep swimming away. It is a completely unforgivable mistake, it should not be possible not to see it, says Løvseth, KRØLL: It was a bad day for Solveig Løvseth in the swimming section. She swam the wrong way in the river Seine. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB She says that several boats asked her to turn around. – And then it’s not just swimming back where you swam wrong, but you also have to swim against the current. Then I thought this would be a long day, says Løvseth, who realized that it was over in terms of a strong position after the mistake. She also saw Miller lying on the asphalt after the rollover and felt for her teammate. – Not such a good day for the Norwegian girls in general today, says Løvseth. Extreme current The problems already started on the pier in the Seine when the women started the triathlon competition. Then 10–12 athletes were left for several seconds when the starting shot went off and got off to a miserable start. And out in the river they encountered extreme conditions. TOUGH ROOF: It was tight between the athletes on the way to the rounding buoy during the competition. The strong current makes it an advantage to be behind the competition. Photo: David Goldman / AP – I have never seen swimming conditions with such strong currents as now, said news’s expert Jørgen Gundersen when the swimming part was well under way. – They stand almost still, added Jann Post about the athletes in the water. The information was that the athletes would encounter currents with a speed of 0.8 meters per second in the river. But when the athletes struggled through 1,500 meters in the river, you could see what the conditions in the river cost. Because the athletes had to fight for every meter as they swam against the current up the river. And when Flora Duffy came out on top from the swimming section, Gundersen pointed out that there was talk of 3-5 minutes longer competition time than usual in the swimming section. French victory The race part went undramatically. But it was a day of jubilation for the French home crowd. Cassandre Beaugrand moved away in the last round to wild cheers in the streets of Paris. OLYMPIC CHAMPION: The French home hope Cassandre Beaugrand took Olympic gold with a move on the last lap of the running part. Photo: Aleksandra Szmigiel / Reuters Julie Derron from Switzerland was unable to threaten the French home favorite, who ran in for Olympic gold. Published 31.07.2024, at 09.59 Updated 31.07.2024, at 10.54
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Nightmare day for Lotte Miller at the Olympics in Paris 2024
