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A group of athletes including Olympic champions Oystein Pettersen and Thomas Alsgaard have been involved in an accident a few kilometers from Oslo.
Saturday 23 August 2014 2 minutes reading time
It was a training session a few kilometers south of Oslo attended by the Norwegian team United Bakeries and LeasePlan Go, which include among their athletes, including the aforementioned Pettersen and Alsgaard.
L & rsquo; accident & egrave; occurred in the descent of a hill, where the slope & egrave; become increasingly important and at the same time the quality & agrave; of & rsquo; asphalt worse. The road was narrowing as it went down, and when they are past the car & egrave; triggered panic in the group, who had no way n & egrave; move n & egrave; to slow down.
Many athletes have had no other choice but to jump out of the rut, with no serious consequences because everyone wore a helmet. To get worse & egrave; Pettersen was just with a broken finger and twelve stitches on his arm. Because of this injury is not potr & agrave; training on roller skis for the next four or five weeks.
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