According to VG, Fossesholm was shocked when she looked down at her leg after the collision. 

“I screamed at first. Because right when it happened, it hurt a lot. Then I looked down at my knee, and everything was out of place. My kneecap wasn’t where it should be. It was further down my leg and to the side of where the knee is supposed to be. Then you think, ‘Oh my God.’ You start to panic, right?” Fossesholm told VG.

The tournament was organized by Asko at Nordstrand in Oslo, and Helene Marie Fossesholm told VG that she wanted to participate in the cup with her sponsor. 

“I like football. It was just really unlucky. I barely had time to get out on the field before I and another player went into a tackle. I’m not exactly sure what happened. It all happened so fast. But the kneecap dislocated. It hurt a bit, you could say,” she described.

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What this means for her preparation for the World Championships season is uncertain. However, the Norwegian traditional cross-country skier, who was dropped from the national team this year and is training on her own, was carried off the field and assisted by the Red Cross. She was taken to the emergency clinic in Oslo for an X-ray. The kneecap was put back in place, and X-rays showed no loose bone fragments around the knee.

For now, she has to hobble around on crutches. An MRI scan will be done, but they have to wait for the swelling in her knee to go down before she can consider training again.

Still, she doesn’t plan to wait long before attempting to get back into action. 

“I’m going to Olympiatoppen on Monday. Then I’ll assess the situation and get some advice there. But maybe I can work on the ski erg without putting any strain on the knee or kneecap. I’ll definitely listen to those with expertise and be very sensible during rehab,” she told VG.

The struggles of the past seasons have taught her not to give up, so she isn’t seeing the situation too negatively, according to the newspaper.

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