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The exams that Charlotte Kalla was subjected to Stockholm in order to discover the reasons for the resounding debacle suffered in the 10 km classic technique of Ruka, finished 75th out of 79 participants were given a concrete outcome. The Swedish cross-country skier was diagnisticata a form of cardiac arrhythmia.
Wednesday 30 November 2016 3 minutes reading time
"After two kilometers take it anymore, I would not have felt without energy, nothing worked and I do not know why. Is there something wrong with my body, we will have to do the analysis. It had never happened anything like it" he had said twenty-nine of Tärendö talking about her feelings in the race. Actually something abnormal was found.
Kalla was the victim of atrial fibrillation, the most common forms of cardiac arrhythmia. Per Andersson, doctor of the Swedish national team, said: "The cause of the collapse of Charlotte has been an atrial fibrillation. During the test on Tuesday and Wednesday, we still detected normal values ​​in all that has been analyzed. As a result of the findings from the tests we are confident that there is no danger to Charlotte in continuing to train and compete at international level. "
The same athlete said she was relieved: "I had no warning before the race, it was a strange feeling, I did not know. Fortunately, I quickly went back to feeling good and I'm happy to know that they have no disease. I put on file as successful and concentrate on the future. "
The reigning world champion of 10 km has decided to forfeit for Lillehammer races scheduled over the weekend, where it is planning a mini-tour of three days and will begin studying a new plan for training in order to return to competition. When this will happen it is still unclear.
Atrial fibrillation is common in high-level cross-country skiers. In recent years they have suffered from these episodes also athletes of the caliber Marit Bjørgen, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Justyna Kowalczyk and Jörgen Brink, then all returned to race without problems. Which is why you can be optimistic about the future of Kalla.
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