Anna Gandler had to end the biathlon season prematurely. The Austrian ski hunter has now opened openly about the reasons.
“The main reason was the influenza. It can take up to three weeks until you are healthy again. I quickly felt completely fit, as fit as all winter and that’s why I drove to Nove Mesto. Only after an intensive training, Anna Gandler revealed in an interview with the” Kleine Zeitung “.
Sleeping was “one of the biggest problems”, “since my body could never really regenerate. And I’ve pulled that since June,” said the 24-year-old.
“I still have to wait a few results, but as it looks, my whole organic system does not run the way it should, such as the liver. My entire body is virtually poisoned because it no longer regenerates itself, it no longer comes after and is overwhelmed,” revealed Gandler.
“I shed some tears”
The Austrian had recently started at the beginning of the Biathlon World Cup in Lenzerheide. But even during the season highlight in Switzerland, Gandler had to pull the ripcord.
Their current situation is “very difficult” for the head, revealed the junior world champion from 2020. “Above all, I feel healthy now, but I shouldn’t train. Everyone advised me on that, otherwise I will take it into the next season. Making the decision, not starting this year was very hard.
With the doing nothing, she has “completed well in the past few days. I have to give myself the peace, drink a lot, take little sugar with me and eat me gluten-free,” said the 24-year-old.
Gandler now wants to slowly focus on the upcoming biathlon season. A real climax is waiting here with the Olympic Winter Games in Italy.