As bronze medalist beckoned in the biathlon pursuit won by Norway's Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, fellow Norwegian Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold suffered a total power outage in the final moments of the race.
Coming out in 3rd position after the last firing point, the Scandinavian skier maintained this position until the last kilometer before collapsing completely, victim of discomfort.
The biathlete was still able to finish the race, but in an extremely laborious way.
14th on the finish line, his position has become anecdotal given his worrying condition.
Already victim of a malaise a year ago
The triple world champion in the relay logically collapsed on arrival and immediately received first aid.
The Frenchwoman Julia Simon was particularly reactive by positioning her counterpart in PLS.
Looking haggard, she was then carried by a member of the Norwegian team, assisted by an Italian colleague, before being taken care of by doctors.
Striking images that are reminiscent of the episode of Oberhof (Germany) in January 2021. A while ago, during the sprint, Tandrevold had already suffered a similar misadventure.
In the middle of the race, she had been forced to stop dead because of a breathing problem.
“She held her breath a little too long when she shot standing up and then noticed that something was wrong on the track,” explained Sverre Huber Kaas, coach of the Norwegian team.
Norwegian biathlete Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold collapsed as the pursuit arrived.
She was carried to be evacuated.
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The altitude obviously hampered Tandrevold, the Zhangjiakou runway being located at over 1700 meters.
It was already this parameter that had handicapped him in the German Alps.
"Ingrid is being treated by a doctor in the heating cabin, that's all I know," said Per Arne Botnan laconically to Discovery +.
Before the men's race, France Televisions gave reassuring news of the biathlete, for whom everything would be fine, citing in particular the management of the Norwegian team.