News. Eleven months after the severe knee injury was ski cross rider Sandra Naslund back. And came second in the same hill as she was injured. It was only teammate Anna Holmlund who was faster.
The Swedish girls have got a flying start to the season. Anna Holmlund was second in the premiere, and followed up on the competition by excelling in the tough course in Val Thorens. Holmlund won everything from trials to the final.
– I’m very happy. This is the real ski cross in a track with big jumps that invites eventful heats, says Anna Holmlund, who won the World Cup overall last season.
arduous road
The 28-year-old Holmlund would be fighting for podiums from the start of the World Cup has not surprised anyone.
Sandra Naslund would do it with fewer anticipated. For 19-year-old has been the last 11 months has been a long arduous road back after the cruciate ligament damage he sustained just in Val Thorens January 12. Sandra Naslund refrained premiere in Montafon, she and the team management has sued the situation day by day, and on Friday it was time.
Her comeback exceeded most people’s expectations.
But no teammate Anna Holmlund .
– We are training course together and I have seen how good she goes. Her race today was awesome, she comes back after injury and tangential to the best investment she made so far in the World Cup, says Anna, as she walked to lead directly into the final. Marielle Thompson, Canada, crashed shortly after takeoff and the French veteran Ophelie David, 39, struggled with Naslund for second place. 20 years younger Swede went past in the technical sections at the end.
Aiming for replay
Mr Star Victor Öhling Norberg has back problems and did not run in Val Thorens. Michael Forslund and Viktor Andersson both went out in the quarter final.
On Saturday, running another contest in Val Thorens.
– I’m aiming for a repeat, but it can be tough to keep away of Sandra to come, says Anna Holmlund.
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