Linn Svahn crashed during training in Trondheim the day before the World Championship sprint and hit her head. A concussion was confirmed and the Swede left the championship before it had even begun.
A new fall could have had fatal consequences, said national team doctor Rickard Noberius then.
Withdrawing
She has not competed since the fall at the end of February and now the news comes that the 25-year-old is withdrawing from the rest of the World Cup season. On Wednesday, a evening sprint will be held in Estonian Tallinn before the sprint, team sprint, and 15 km are held during the World Cup finals in Finnish Lahti on Friday-Sunday.
"Linn Svahn will not compete in Tallinn and Lahti as she is still in rehabilitation after the concussion she sustained in Trondheim. It's going forward, but she is not ready for the type of strain that a World Cup competition entails", says national team doctor Noberius in a press release.
Jonna Sundling took three gold medals (sprint, team sprint, and relay) and one bronze (skiathlon) in the World Championship, but missed last weekend's World Cup in Holmenkollen due to illness. Now Sundling is also forced to miss the sprint in Tallinn for the same reason.
World Championship skiers ill
World Championship skiers Marcus Grate and Oskar Svensson have also fallen ill and are skipping the competition in Estonia.
The team for the World Cup finals in Lahti will be announced later in the week.
Women: Maja Dahlqvist, Johanna Hagström, Moa Ilar, Moa Lundgren, Emma Ribom, Märta Rosenberg.
Men: Edvin Anger, Emil Danielsson, Anton Grahn, George Ersson, Johan Häggström, Måns Skoglund.
