Cross-country skiing superstar Frida Karlsson was involved in a serious car accident a few weeks before the World Championships in Planica. She was the trigger herself, as the Swede now confessed in an interview.
Great luck in the misfortune for Frida Karlsson: The Swede caused a car accident a few weeks before the World Championships in Planica and sustained minor injuries, as she revealed on the radio show “P4 Extra”.
It was a “real crash”, said Karlsson, who spoke of two “scrap cars”. “It was my fault, I’m responsible. It was clumsy,” the 23-year-old took the blame for the accident. The accident victim was “a bit annoyed” because “he wanted to sell the car the next day,” explained Karlsson.
After the accident, she herself had slight neck pain “and maybe a little concussion,” said the Swede, who said she was trying to keep the incident secret. “I tried to hide it and let it go under the radar,” she said.
Frida Karlsson struggles with fate: “I’m tired”
However, the accident, which occurred in early February before the World Championships dress rehearsal in Dobbiaco, affected her preparation for the World Championships in Planica. Doctors advised her not to race in Italy, Karlsson said. However, she didn’t have any problems during the races. “But when I left, I felt really bad,” said the 23-year-old, who still felt this discomfort at the start of the World Cup.
“When I then won the silver medal in the skiathlon, it felt like a real victory. I managed to get past the low point just in time,” said the Swede, who was still thinking about the incident.
“I’m tired of the things that are constantly happening around me. I don’t understand it. Other people hide everything that happens to them, or am I just extremely clumsy and always involved in such things?” Karlsson struggled with her fate .