– I think I had a bit of a guardian angel just then, Northug says to news right after the finish line during the flash festival. The abdicated ski king reveals that he had to go straight to the emergency room after a collision with a car two weeks ago. Northug was on a roller ski trip in Asker when the accident occurred. – I broke a roller ski. So it came to an abrupt stop, and I flew over a car and landed on the tarmac. But that’s how much I should put up with. – I had a check-up at the emergency room. We concluded that I should sleep one night and then I was ready again tomorrow, continues the 36-year-old. WATCH: Petter Northug impressed and won the last intermediate sprint during the flash festival. – Can withstand a shock Despite the accident, he was on the starting line during the long run in the flash festival on Thursday. – When you put on the start number you don’t know anything, then I just try to get on anyway. And then there’s a lot of concrete here, so I can take a bump or two. Northug believes that he was traveling at 35 kilometers when he hit the car. – It went downhill. When it comes to a sudden stop and you hit the tarmac quickly, then you have an angel guard. – What could happen in such a “worst case”? – The worst can go really “wrong”. We have seen in the worst accidents on roller skis that things can go really wrong. And here I was alone, but we also know that in fields like today, there can be a massive upheaval. We have spelled with sharp spikes, so it is a risky sport, he replies. Northug says he had to take the bus home after the crash. The driver is said to have suffered shock damage, according to the main character himself. – He stopped and was shocked. But I said it went well. Then he called me “superman”, smiles the Trønder. INJURY: Northug believes he suffered a strain in his ligaments after the crash. Photo: Svein Ove Ekornesvåg / NTB Spurtet Northug believes he has trained normally for the past eight to nine days without roller skiing. Only the last few days have been able to ski a bit. The 36-year-old didn’t look out of place and impressed during the flash festival. After just over four miles he appeared in the lead, and finally won the last intermediate sprint. – He wins the last sprint. It’s madness. Petter Northug has given up a long time ago. Now he leads and wins the last intermediate sprint here, said news’s expert commentator Torgeir Bjørn. But after the sprint it was all over for Northug, who dropped the lead. Sweden’s Max Novak won after a sprint against Britain’s Andrew Musgrave.
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