– I woke up with a very bad feeling today, and felt that I was a little sad. Bislett Games for me is the biggest thing I can experience next to important championships. The world record holder felt it in the back of his thigh already on his way over the first hurdle in the Diamond League race in Moroccan Rabat almost two weeks ago. A few days later, he was informed that the muscle injury puts the World Cup in danger in exactly one month. He then boarded the plane to Munich for treatment by star doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt. The plan was to be a couple of days, but eight days later the 26-year-old is still in Germany, and has set aside time for a chat with news before returning home. – The treatment has been very progressive, so in that sense there is no drama in that I have been here for a long time. It’s been a bit like a rehab, getting into a regime where you bet that things go awry faster. Especially now that I have a bad time towards the World Cup, he explains, and says that he is currently only jogging calmly. JOBS: Karsten Warholm posted this picture with two fist blows on Instagram earlier this week. Photo: Karsten Warholm / Screenshot / Instagram – It’s easy to go a little too far, a little too early. And it is that patience that is the big challenge here really, he emphasizes. Have looked for the error Tonight it’s Bislett Games. This was where Warholm had initially planned to start the season. A season where the expectations of the Norwegian have been sky high after last year’s Olympic gold and two world records, and the answers to training in advance were good. – Do you regret going to Rabat? – Well, in the name of hindsight, I would probably have tried to avoid the situation I have put myself in. But based on the information I had when I went there, it feels right, Warholm answers and continues: – I have investigated the situation 100 times , and Leif has done the same, and where was the mistake made? We have always said that injury is a mistake and I still think so, but it is very difficult to put my finger on where the mistake really was and what the thing was. HERE IT HAPPENS: Karsten Warholm clearly had pain in his thigh when he interrupted the hurdle race in Rabat. – The others have got their chance now the World Cup in Eugene begins July 15. The trials of the 400 meter hurdles start the next day. He hopes – but does not know yet – to make it. The European Athletics Championships in Munich take place in mid-August. – I have had the World Cup as a goal and I do not think I will give up until I see that it is over, so I have faith, says the athletics star. It is almost four years since Warholm was last beaten in a 400 meter hurdles competition. – I think the others have got their chance now, he says and smiles. – So it took another injury to hit you? – That’s why I say I have to be competitive. I have reached the stage in my career now, that it is not interesting to be with if I do not know I have something to accomplish. I see it as a prerequisite that I should be able to participate in the fight. SUPER RACE: Karsten Warholm took Olympic gold with the incredible world record time of 45.94. Photo: Jon Olav Nesvold / NTB The expertise both in Germany and at the Olympic Summit in Norway is that there is no question of a very long-term injury break, but Warholm admits that it has been some tough weeks anyway. Now it’s all about being careful and making all the right decisions. – It is not a pleasant situation to be in, but I have always said that I will handle such a situation well, so now I get the opportunity to prove it to myself. Watch Bislett Games on news 1 on Thursday from 18.00.
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