Klaebo leaves Livigno with a lot of worry: "Injury not yet overcome"

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The Norwegian champion, towards his return home after the long block of work in Valtellina, has not dissolved the reserve for the pre-season appointment in Beitostolen. Then it will be time for Ruka and the first duel with Pellegrino, in the sprint that will open the CdM on November 25th.

Thursday 10 November 2022 3 minutes reading time

The cross-country skiing season is getting closer and closer, with the test race weekend imminent in Muonio, where the Azzurri are also present, and next week (18-20 November) in Beitostolen which will in fact be the '' last to precede the opening of the World Cup. Ruka is definitely close and the man most awaited for the inaugural sprint of the maximum circuit, scheduled for Friday 25 November on the Finnish snow and in classic technique, is far from certain that he can be competitive at the highest levels. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, in fact, is still struggling with the injury remedied in July, which involves the back of the right thigh, and leaves the long gathering carried out at high altitude in Livigno with many doubts, as confessed by the same bi Olympic champion. specialty. As reported by "VG", the Norwegian ace will return home tomorrow, after the scheduled 24 days of work in "Little Tibet", but especially in the last hours the feeling was that of having to reduce the planned training, as the annoyance is still present. “It takes more time than I hoped and thought, we are now in the seventeenth week post injury and we have therefore decided to reduce the workload for a few days, dedicating ourselves to therapy and recovery. Beitostolen? First of all, I don't know what I would do if Ruka was already this weekend - Klaebo admitted candidly - We still have two weeks, but I feel I would be surprised if I managed to win a cup race before Christmas. The plan now is simply to assess my condition after a few days of rest ”.

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