The endurance runner is now considering the meaning of continuing the entire season.
Eemil Helander at Lahti MotonetGP. Tomi Natri / AOP
Endurance runner, 21 years old, one of Finland’s sports promises Eemil Helander suffers from an ankle fracture.
Helander’s injury occurred in an obstacle of 3,000 meters in the Belgian Oordegem over the weekend. His left ankle spun as Helander descended from the water barrier.
Magnetic images revealed fracture and ligament injury.
– Now we have six weeks of rehabilitation ahead of me before I can run. Replacement training can be done by cycling and later on a lightened treadmill, Helander commented in a SUL press release.
Due to the long recovery period, Helander’s entire race season is now in jeopardy.
– The rest of the summer is looked at when the ankle is okay, what is the running condition of the man. I think I will still have time for the races in the late summer. But at that point, you have to think about whether it would still be best to focus on next season, Helander says.
For the ex-skier, the injury is particularly annoying because the season for young sports multi-talent was meant to be the first full season on the endurance side.