Birgit Skarstein with another broken leg – broke her leg on a sponsorship mission – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcast schedule

– Oh, it’s so stupid, you know. I was going to try a judo throw. Then I threw the guy on top of my leg and then it broke, says Birgit Skarstein to news. In connection with a sponsorship assignment, he had to offer himself and test a judo throw. It had fatal consequences. – It is an amateur injury. It’s just so stupid, but you also want to be generous and “offer”. I was going to try the sport, and then I might try it a little hard. Got the message weasel on Christmas Eve She heard it crack and immediately thought the worst. She went to the emergency room on the same evening as the incident happened, Tuesday 19 December, but was told that there was nothing wrong. Still, the pain only got worse, and on Christmas Eve she visited the emergency room again. – It just got more swollen, hot and blue. It really hurt and it felt like something was wrong, she says. Then the doctors diagnosed a fracture in the calf and six weeks of plaster cast on the leg. Trønder-Avisa report the damage first. Birgit Skarstein has to cover herself with plaster for six weeks. – It wasn’t such a great phone to make to the sports manager on Christmas Eve. With the Paralympics in Paris in September 2024, it is particularly bad for the seasoned rower. In addition, she has just come back from a fracture in her heel. – When I was diagnosed with a new offence, I only saw Paris disappear. I understand the seriousness, but it doesn’t get better by giving up. Then I just have to work even harder. In any case, it is better to lose a leg than an arm. She was nervous about what the trainers and the sporting apparatus around her would think when they heard about the broken leg. – I think the sports manager wanted to send me into a training room, lock the door and throw away the key. Fortunately, they are very solution-oriented. An orderly line in the account Now there will be new months of alternative training for the 33-year-old, who is also bone-shy. – I was told that I cannot row, ski or sew. Birgit Skarstein with her well-known name is being pushed after the World Cup gold in Munich in 2022 Photo: WOLFGANG RATTAY / Reuters She has built her own spinning bike, where she exercises her arms while her legs can rest. It will be used frequently in the future as well. – There is a decent line in the bill. After all, we work with margins, so now there is less to go on. We have to make the best of it, but it’s obviously not good, says Skarstein. She is still ready to be seen in Paris in September 2024. – I am running for the start, yes. Unless it happens a little more, says Skarstein and laughs.



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