Bleeding Norwegian athlete fought to finish the race: “Disgusting”

Norway’s Karoline Knotten survived despite the challenges with a good finish. Stock photo. EPA / AOP

Italian Dorothea Wierer led Italy to a double victory in the Biathlon World Cup women’s 15 km race in Östersund, Sweden.

Wierer, who shot cleanly, won the race with a difference of about half a minute to his compatriot, who also shot zeros To Lisa Vittozzi in relation to. The duo’s skiing speed was just right. Skiing in third place, Germany shot one penalty and missed the lead by a minute and a half.

The best of the Finns had reached the 53rd place Suvi Minkkinen.

The topic of the competition was Norway, which ranked ninth by Karoline Knotten performance. The 28-year-old representative of the fjord country bravely skied to the finish line, even though the bleeding from the nose was getting worse from moment to moment.

Knotten told the Norwegian broadcasting company NRK that the bleeding made the day’s performance significantly more difficult. Having fallen once on the route, the Norwegian felt like giving up, but in the end he managed to finish nicely.

– Nosebleeds are common for me. Today was really cold, Knotten clarified the reason for his outburst of blood.

The only thing that helped Knotten was to ski bloody, because constantly wiping his nose would have been of no use.

– It felt really disgusting and tasted disgusting. It didn’t feel nice when people stared more than normal, Knotten also found humor in his trouble.