Extraordinary Jansrud! Resounding surprise and Kjetil's announcement: "I'll be there for the Olympics"

Last December 3 the crusader injury in Beaver Creek, but in silence the Norwegian champion worked on recovery and has already tested himself in Kvitfjell. It will be his fifth time at the Games and "I can and I want to fight for the medals".

Sunday 23 January 2022 3 minutes reading time

An extraordinary, wonderful surprise for an infinite champion who was able to beat even bad luck, which occurred last December 3, 2021 in Beaver Creek, when in the second super-g on the Birds of Prey (on the day of his comrade Aleksander Aamodt's return to success Kilde), his left knee gave way in that fall resulting in an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament and collateral. Kjetil Jansrud had said goodbye to the hopes of competing in his fifth Olympics, however announcing that he would continue his career, thus avoiding the retirement already scheduled for March, with home games in Kvitfjell. What happens now? Today the Norwegian federation, which had not entered the 5-time five-circle medalist (with Olympic title in super-g in Sochi 2014), with a video and Kjetil in training on the snow of "his" Kvitfjell, announces its presence in Beijing . “After five weeks, I trained here in World Cup conditions - the words of Jansrud, who worked on a shock recovery in great secret - I exceeded all expectations and even beyond, it's a wonderful feeling and the feeling is really good. The goal is to fight for medals, otherwise I wouldn't go to the Olympics ”. And the sporting director of the Scandinavian federation, Claus Ryste, added to “VG” that the left knee was in fact not operated after the accident, thus working on a conservative therapy in consultation with the medical director Marc Strauss. To accomplish the miracle, which will become reality on the snows of China in about ten days.

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