Norway wins the relay!
But that wasn't right. Jacobsen shouldn't have been selected for that race when she wasn't fully healthy.
Norway was in the leading group at the end of Oestberg's leg. But when Jacobsen took over, she dropped way back during her leg. And after the handover, she was laid in the middle of the track trying to catch her breath for a VERY long time. Mike even commented a few minutes after the handover that he was shocked that nobody had yet come over to see if she needed any help, because she was still lying there.
And when we did eventually see her up on her feet, she did not look healthy at all.
Get well soon Astrid.
Anyway, Haga did a great job at getting Norway back into contention. And then Bjoergen took over, and we had a great tactical battle between her and Nilsson, before Marit finally broke Stina's challenge on the run to the line.
Marit really showed everybody who's the... mummy!
I loved the way that the other Norwegian girls were being so supportive of Jacobsen after the race. Anybody could see that Astrid was feeling bad for how her leg went, but they were reassuring her. And they are right. It wasn't her fault that she wasn't well. And, at the end of the day, they got the job done, so it didn't matter.
Well done!
CaroLiza_fan
But that wasn't right. Jacobsen shouldn't have been selected for that race when she wasn't fully healthy.
Norway was in the leading group at the end of Oestberg's leg. But when Jacobsen took over, she dropped way back during her leg. And after the handover, she was laid in the middle of the track trying to catch her breath for a VERY long time. Mike even commented a few minutes after the handover that he was shocked that nobody had yet come over to see if she needed any help, because she was still lying there.
And when we did eventually see her up on her feet, she did not look healthy at all.
Get well soon Astrid.
Anyway, Haga did a great job at getting Norway back into contention. And then Bjoergen took over, and we had a great tactical battle between her and Nilsson, before Marit finally broke Stina's challenge on the run to the line.
Marit really showed everybody who's the... mummy!
I loved the way that the other Norwegian girls were being so supportive of Jacobsen after the race. Anybody could see that Astrid was feeling bad for how her leg went, but they were reassuring her. And they are right. It wasn't her fault that she wasn't well. And, at the end of the day, they got the job done, so it didn't matter.
Well done!
CaroLiza_fan