Olympics-Beach Volleyball Champion Mol Suffers Fracture In Build Up To Games

Norway’s Olympic seaside volleyball champion Anders Mol underwent surgical procedure after struggling a damaged bone in his decrease leg and will probably be sidelined for a number of weeks, affecting his preparations for the Paris Games, he mentioned on Friday.

The 26-year-old, who gained gold within the males’s seaside volleyball together with workforce mate Christian Sorum in Tokyo in 2021, advised Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he suffered the fracture at a coaching camp in Tenerife earlier within the week.

“I have a (internal) splint that I will feel a bit when I play in the future. I’ll see how it goes,” Mol mentioned, including that it might not be eliminated earlier than the Olympics.

Mol, who is ready to play alongside Sorum once more on the Paris Games, will spend a minimal of six weeks on the sidelines, lacking essential Olympic preparation time.

“Now I feel we are even more outsiders to win in Paris,” Mol mentioned.

The seaside volleyball occasions for the Paris Olympics are scheduled to happen between July 27 – Aug. 10, with the venue located on the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)