“Whole situation is just shit”
After falling: ski jumper shares terrible diagnosis
24.02.2025 – 11:22 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Ski jumper Thea Minyan Björseth had the best chance of her first World Cup victory – but then she fell hard. Now it fails for a long time.
The Norwegian ski jumper Thea Minyan Björseth falls out for the rest of the season after her severe fall at the World Cup in Ljubno in mid-February and will also miss the home World Cup in Trondheim (February 26 to March 9). “In my fall, I torn the front and the rear cruciate ligament and the inner ligament in my knee. My arm cushioned the fall and the elbow was exhausted,” said the 21-year-old on Instagram.
But that’s not all: “Other injuries to the arm were also found.” The Björseth, which was leading after the first round, had fell violently after landing. She landed with her head and face in the snow and remained motionless. The ski jumper, who still took third place, was treated for a long time on the run. Finally, Björseth was removed (you can read more about this here).
In addition to an emotional statement, she shared two pictures on Instagram, which Björseth show in a bedside. There the junior world champion can be seen with a thick plaster on arm and leg. “There are simply too many emotions and too much to process – the whole situation is just shit,” Björseth continued. “I don’t know when I will be back, but I understood that it takes time.”
She received encouragement and recovery requests from the Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig. The 36-year-old wrote under Björseth’s contribution: “Heal good and all the best for your fight. You can do it.” The Olympic bronze medalist Abigail Strate also commented: “Thea, you are the hardest that I know.”
It is the next difficult blow for the Norwegians. Previously, the seven -time World Cup winner Silje Opseth suffered a cruciate ligament tear in Sapporo in January. She sent Björseth “force reductions” under her contribution.
After the shock of the fall, in which Björseth had overturned several times, her teammates waived the competition the following day.
“We do not take any risk before the World Cup in our own country,” said national coach Christian Meyer one day after the incident. “Yesterday’s fall from Thea has burdened her teammates and the environment of the team. Now we have to take care of each other.”