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The Swede tore his Achilles tendon – could be out for a year

The Swedish handball star Lucas Pellas has torn one of his Achilles tendons and may be out for up to a year, reports Aftonbladet.

» Published: February 04 2025

The Swede tore his Achilles tendon – could be out for a year
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It's my right Achilles tendon that I've had problems with for a long time. So it didn't come as a super shock. But it's damn, damn sad. You never want something like this to happen, says the national team player to the newspaper.

The left-hander plays for French Montpellier on a daily basis and was part of the national team that recently suffered a fiasco at the World Championship. Sweden finished 14th – the men's national team's worst placement at a World Championship ever.

The injury occurred when Pellas was at home in Stockholm and training for the restart of the French league.

They're talking about 6–12 months for an injury like this. Then it depends on how the rehab goes. They've said that the rupture is quite clinical and it doesn't seem like anything else is broken, says the 29-year-old, who will undergo surgery in Sweden on Wednesday.

Pellas has played in eight championships for Sweden and has been part of the team that won the European Championship gold in 2022, World Championship silver in 2021, and European Championship bronze in 2024.

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