Stina Nilsson's adventure in biathlon begins in the worst way: fractured elbow

The Swedish champion fell in training: six weeks at a narrow gauge and her start to the season will be all uphill.

Thursday 20 August 2020 2 minutes reading time

It is one of the great attractions of the 2020/21 biathlon season, for the highly anticipated debut with the rifle on the shoulder and the possibility that it will become one of the rivals of Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi themselves. For Stina Nilsson, however, the plans become complicated after a bad accident occurred during a training: the Swedish champion from the bottom, as the Swedish federation announced today, has in fact fallen downhill, suffering from a fractured elbow that will cost her at least six weeks narrow-gauge work, as explained by the head coach of the Scandinavian national team, Johannes Lukas. “It is a small fracture, he will be able to train but at the same time we will have to find different solutions to ensure that he heals better. An alternative program will start soon ”. Nilsson herself said she "feels incredibly blessed to have such a trained team around me and, even if there is a fracture, I already feel much better and believe I can heal quickly". For her, no national summer biathlon competitions, but my debut directly in mid-November in Idre, before landing in the World Cup.

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