Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold experienced anxious moments. © APA/afp / MINNA RAITAVUO

Sudden collapse: Concerns about biathlon star

Pictures are similar: At the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold had to leave early because she collapsed after a race. On Wednesday, the Norwegian again suffered heart problems during the individual race in Kontiolahti.

05 December 2024

From: leo

The individual race is 15 kilometers long and is therefore the longest and toughest race in the women’s World Cup. On Sunday, Dorothea Wierer & Co. at the so-called “Short Individual” Although they only had to complete 12,5 km, the difficult courses in Kontiolahti demanded everything from the athletes. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who finished third in the overall World Cup last season, found this out first hand. After shooting three times without any mistakes at the beginning, she completely collapsed on the fourth lap. She lost one minute and 13 seconds to Elvira Öberg. After the race, she explained the reason for this.

“I had heart problems during the second prone position,” the Norwegian told the TV station NRKThat made shooting more difficult, said the 28-year-old. In fact, it took her 46 seconds to clear all five targets. "The problems didn't stop after that either. It made it impossible to run as fast as I wanted. But now I'm fine. It comes quickly and goes quickly again," said Tandrevold.

Further starts open

She even had to stop on the track to slow down her pulse. "I tried to use tricks that I had learned to avoid these situations. But that didn't work as I had hoped. Because I had to stop, I obviously lost a lot of time, but I had no other choice," said Tandrevold, who left open whether she would compete in more races in Kontiolahti. "It's hard to say, but I hope so and firmly believe in it. We'll have to see how I feel in the next few days."