Fractured ankle, season (and career?) Over to Kristin Steira

Caviglia fratturata, stagione (e carriera?) finita per Kristin Steira
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Fractured ankle, season (and career?) Over to Kristin Steira

There & rsquo; & egrave; peace for Kristin St & oslash; rmer Steira, whose season is & egrave; officially ended after ankle fracture remedied in & rsquo; last training session before the 30 Km of Falun.

The 33-year old native of Mo I Rana & egrave; was forced to give up all & rsquo; final round of the World Cup for what seemed like a simple sprain. The investigations carried out at home instead have highlighted a real fracture that impedir & agrave; obviously to compete also in Oslo. & Ldquo; Now will reflect & ograve; about my future to figure out what to do & rdquo; commented Steira at the end of what & egrave; was a very troubled season. Last August it had fractured his pelvis during a workout at & rsquo; Alpe di Siusi, which forced her to stop preparing and skip the first part of the season. The return, which took place in Rybinsk, not & egrave; was particularly brilliant even if enabled it to snatch the qualification for the World Falun, which was supposed to take part only in the final 30km. On the eve of the race in which Sochi had won the bronze medal, for ograve ;, & new ankle injury, goodbye dreams championship and, after the investigation of the case, the season ended. And with her, that the April 30 compir & agrave; 34, may end even made a career of 6 wins, 27 podiums and 10 individual medals (including 4 d & rsquo; gold, all in relay) between the Olympics and World Championships. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;
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