– It worked quite well in Ruhpolding three to four weeks ago, but after that it got a little harder again and I’ve actually started again now, says the Olympic queen from the Beijing Games. In mid-September, she had to face the NM in roller ski shooting with hellfire. In most cases, the infection goes away on its own within a few weeks, but Olsbu Røiseland is still struggling with the illness. – It has been difficult. I have been well for a long time from hellfire, but my body has not worked. I have been tired and had a headache, and had after-effects from the hellfire, she tells news. Shingles (herpes zoster) Apotek1 writes on the website that 10-30 per cent of the population will get shingles during their lifetime, and that the frequency increases with age. Is a herpes virus infection caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (which causes both shingles and chicken pox). It is a painful skin condition that deserves its name. Those who get shingles have therefore had chicken pox as children. Contact with people with smallpox does not trigger an outbreak of hellfire. Shingles can be treated with antiviral agents (aciclovir, valaciclovir). Source: Wikipedia In most cases, shingles goes away on its own within a few weeks. For some, the pain persists for months, in rare cases for several years, even if the rash has disappeared. This condition is called postherpetic neuralgia, which means nerve pain after shingles. The condition occurs in approx. 10 percent of those who have gone through hellfire. The frequency of this condition increases with increasing age. Source: Norwegian health informatics Although all blood tests have been good, her body has not felt well, and a short time ago the problem led to another setback. – Although I had a very careful ramp-up plan last time, I perhaps started a little too hard, which meant that I had to start all over again. Right now I don’t have time to start over, if I have any hope of fighting for a medal in the WC in Oberhof, says a slightly stressed 31-year-old. – Nothing to worry about With 26 days left until the World Cup opening in Kontiolahti, Røiseland still has to train little and with low intensity. – I have to take it carefully, listen to my body and take the time I need. It will be exciting because I don’t know how the body reacts to hard sessions. I have to be sure that I am one hundred percent and that the body responds well before going to the World Cup, she explains. QUEEN: We’ve gotten used to seeing Olsbu Røiseland with gold around her neck, but now she’s starting to have a bad time. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB Therefore, it now seems that the national season opening at Sjusjøen in the middle of November will go ahead. – I don’t think I have anything to complain about in the whole thing. When you go competitively, you go max. I am nowhere near that, says Røiseland. This is confirmed by trainer Roger Grubben. – Form as of today is not good. She is a long way off now and is far from competing at a level she is known for. But things will happen quickly when she starts training normally, Grubben believes. She is now training at a low intensity and must first run a few threshold sessions before she can face competition, but her hope still hangs in the balance for the start of the World Cup. – If everything works well and the sessions from now on go well, I think I can reach Kontiolahti. And I am fully aware that health comes first, she adds. Great uncertainty Right now the health situation is very uncertain for the Frolands girl. Throughout her career, she has dealt with several periods of injury and illness, but the hellfire stands out – in a negative sense. – This has perhaps been the most difficult so far. It has been difficult to have any time perspective on it, and to know when I can start training again and when my body will function again, says Røiseland and tells about the worst-case scenario: – You don’t know one hundred percent when the body will function again, even if I have faith in it. I haven’t been able to test that yet. The uncertainty has been difficult this autumn here. After news published this case, Røiseland got in touch and emphasized that she thought it was a question of “when” and not “if”, as she initially said. news has therefore changed the quote to “when”. HOPE: Olsbu Røiseland is hoping for new World Cup success when the championship is held in the home country of her husband and national team coach for Germany, Sverre Olsbu Røiseland. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB – If the body is not the same again, what will it be like? – It’s a thought I haven’t thought about at all. It is somewhat typical of me to be very optimistic and positive and go for this to be good. If it then turns out not to do so, then I have no plan B, the great biathlete told last year. In other words, she puts everything into making sure she gets in good shape for the WC. – I’ve never been in this situation before Because in February comes the big highlight of the season where she will fight for gold at her husband Sverre Olsbu Røiseland and his German star’s home track, Oberhof. Although she says that she has never been as poorly trained at the end of October as she is now, Røiseland has faith in WC success. – I have never been in that situation before, but I hope I have a basis and that I can perhaps use the experiences I have, she says. – It is the run from Christmas until the WC that will be important for me and then I hope that I will find some clever tricks up my sleeve that will make me get in good shape. I still have a lot of faith in it, underlines Olsbu Røiseland. So has her trainer. – She is incredibly good at coping with adversity. She has coped with stopping running, surgery on her appendix and a lot early in her career. The last few years have been incredible, and we have to endure some challenges as well. Now it’s a new challenge, which we obviously don’t want, but it also gives motivation when it’s hard, Grubben concludes optimistically.
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