Biathlete Karoline Knotten (27) remembers very little after being in a bicycle accident this weekend.
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It was Saturday that the accident was out. Knotten was on a training trip with Lotte Lie. At the bridge at Tretten things went wrong, and Knotten plunged over the handlebars.
– I do not remember much before I sat by the roadside, Knotten says to VG.
Training buddy Lie has said that it was probably loose gravel that felled the 27-year-old.
She has been told by doctors to stay calm for a few days.
– I have been lucky, after all. I got rid of some abrasions. I have a sore face and got a pressure in the eye, but otherwise it has gone well. The doctors were a little worried about their brain and head since I could not account for a few minutes in connection with the accident.
In retrospect, she’s glad she used a bicycle helmet.
– I was very happy that I had it. I got a cut in the head from the pressure from the helmet, but think it would have gone far worse without it.
Warned the national team colleagues
– In the pictures, it looks like you have gone 10 rounds in the boxing ring?
– Yes, I have sent a warning to the other national team girls. We’re going to market days in Oslo this week, and it looks like I’ve been in a fight.
Knotten does not know if there will be a trip from Lillehammer to Oslo in connection with the biathlon association’s meeting.
–– I want to go, meet the coaches and the girls again and get a season plan, but I have to talk to the doctor first. Driving can be a strain.
The biathlete has been told to stay calm for a few days.
– There will be no hard efforts at first. I’m going to try to go for a walk today.
– Has the accident put a dent in you?
– I will probably feel it when I get on the bike next time – even though I have fallen before. In any case, I have to repair the bike only after the accident, says Karoline Knotten.
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