– When you have had such an injury, you know that it is maximum intensity that is the scariest, says Warholm’s physiotherapist, Håvard Moksnes. Moksnes from Olympiatoppen and Idrettens helsesenter has worked with rehabilitation training with Warholm in the last period before the championship. Moksnes says that the load around a third competition day and final race gives a greater risk factor than in the previous races. No one knows what the thigh will be like six and a half weeks after the injury in Morocco. – We are excited about that too, we who have worked with it. Such a strain injury usually takes six weeks before one is healthy. But he must not be healthy, he must be the best in the world, says Moksnes. DIAMOND LEAGUE DISCOUNT 2022: The season’s first diamond League tournament abruptly jeopardized the season’s highlight. Not tested properly When Warholm runs the World Cup final on Wednesday night, it is exactly six weeks and three days since he suffered the injury in Rabat. For Team Warholm, it has since been a battle against the clock to start. COLLABORATION: Håvard Moksnes has been close to Karsten Warholm before the World Cup. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB Something that has presented several challenges. Not least, the short time has made it difficult to check the status ahead of the championship when you have had to avoid maximum intensity. Because it has also prevented the star from testing hard load over several days. – It is a bit of a challenge, we have not been able to test it. We could test it and run three tough races a week ago. But then we had also used up the chance we had. You simply can not test it until you stand there and drive, says Moksnes and continues: – He has had a hard test on Monday or Tuesday last week. Then he did not run four hundred meters, it was two hundred meters maybe – and that is the closest he has been. – It is the competition itself that will be the test. RULING WORLD CHAMPION: Karsten Warholm from Ulsteinvik holds the world record of 45.94. – Dritnervøs After advancing to the semifinals, it was a clearly relieved Karsten Warholm who answered how it felt to be back. – Fantastic. I have missed this so much. It was lovely to finally be back. I was nervous today for obvious reasons. I have not run in many months. It’s nice to be back, Warholm told news. One of Warholm’s biggest competitors in the final, Rai Benjamin, has also struggled with injury. Physiotherapist Moksnes says that the injury has caused a great deal of uncertainty around tonight’s final. He says this without having been in contact with the main character himself during the last few days. – He has now completed two races that have gone very well. We were not sure if he could handle one, and then we were not sure if he could handle two and we are not sure if he can handle three. It’s still very exciting, but it looks very nice so far. OLYMPIC GOLD: Last summer, Warholm took gold during the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / AFP Thinks Warholm has more to give Leif Olav Alnes knows Warholm best and stands by his side during the World Cup. POSITIVE: Leif Olav Alnes is satisfied with Warholm’s participation in the WC. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB The coach was pleased with how he managed the race on Tuesday, but believes that he has not used the maximum level before he will face the biggest competitors in the final. – He drove well in eight hurdles and he tried to get in using the least possible force. It was very routinely done, Alnes said after the race on Tuesday. – There is a lot of power left? – He could have ridden a lot more there, yes, but the next race starts at zero again. The World Cup final in the 400 meter hurdles, with Karsten Warholm, you can watch on news 1 at 04.50 (Norwegian time).
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