Oskar Vike was clearly leading the race until he crashed.
Oskar Vike fell, was injured and lost the World Championship gold medal. PDO
Cross-country sprint Olympic bronze medalist Oskar Opstad Vike, 22, dropped out of the World Cup gold fight in a dramatic way on Monday.
Vike was about to take an overwhelming victory in the under-23 sprint World Cup final, until he fell and was injured. He was transported from the competition venue to Lillehammer Hospital.
– Oskar is on his way to the hospital in Lillehammer, where they will check if his rib is broken, national team coach Arild Monsen said after the competition to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s by.
The competition was won by a Norwegian Filip Skariwho was unable to rejoice at the gold medal immediately after the race.
– I can’t be happy today because I wasn’t the best. I am really sorry for Oscar, because he is a really kind person and was the best today, Skari said according to NRK.
Germany took the World Cup silver Elias Keck and the bronze medal went to Switzerland Roman for Alder.
