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The Norwegian forced to raise the white flag will have to wait longer than expected to return to the world cup and hopes to be able to compete in the new year.
Thursday 27 October 2022 3 minutes reading time
Last season's revelation of biathlon Sivert Guttorm Bakken found pericarditis that has kept him at rest since last May.
He, winner of the mass start in Oslo, ninth in the general classification at the end of the year and the promise of the Norwegian biathlon, found a heart problem after the third dose of the anticovid vaccine. "This is one in 100,000 cases and it will never be certain that it is the cause of this problem 100%, but his poor form and the only injection made by Sivert in this period lead to this assumption" he said. said Ola Berger, doctor of the Norwegian national team.
Bakken, for his part, spoke to TV2 and told the story step by step: "I came back from vacation and I took the third dose in May. After a few weeks there was something wrong, I was tired. I consulted the doctor. and I immediately stopped training. Then things got worse: I had physical discomfort and chest pain. It was very painful; I'm almost 100% sure it was a reaction to the vaccine "
Bakken, 24, suffers from inflammation of the heart with too high a troponin value in the blood. Everything should return to normal with time even though it's been five months since his last workout. Consequently, he will not show up at the starting gates and will miss the stages of Kontiolathi in Finland (29 Nov.-4 Dec.), Hochfilzen in Austria (8-11 Dec.) and Le Grand Bornand in France (15-18 Dec).
Bakken's long absence opens the door to Johannes Dale called by the team a few weeks ago after he was downgraded last season; Waiting for a place in CdM are Aleksander Fjeld Andersen, Sverre Dahlen Aspenes, Martin Uldal and Martin Nevland ready to take the opportunity to break the ice among the pros.
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