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<p>Sweden's Olympic biathlon champion Peppe Femling was injured in a freak accident when one of his ski poles went through his calf muscle as he dived to avoid a car ahead of a competition on Thursday.</p>

<p>The 26-year-old, who was part of the Swedish relay team that sensationally won a gold medal at this year's Pyeongchang Games, was warming up for a roller-ski event in Lysebotn in Norway when he had to jump into a ditch to avoid colliding with the car.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We’re sending our best wishes to <a href="https://twitter.com/PeppeFemling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PeppeFemling</a> after his nasty-looking ski pole accident today and hope the surgery and recovery goes well — Krya på dig, Peppe! ??? <a href="https://t.co/8QYM4kQBX7">https://t.co/8QYM4kQBX7</a></p>
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<p>He was airlifted to hospital where the ski pole was removed from his calf.</p>

<p>"The pole stuck out one metre the other side," coach Johan Haeggstroem told news agency TT, adding that Femling was in good spirits following a successful operation.</p>


<p>Sweden's Olympic biathlon champion Peppe Femling was injured in a freak accident when one of his ski poles went through his calf muscle as he dived to avoid a car ahead of a competition on Thursday.</p>

<p>The 26-year-old, who was part of the Swedish relay team that sensationally won a gold medal at this year's Pyeongchang Games, was warming up for a roller-ski event in Lysebotn in Norway when he had to jump into a ditch to avoid colliding with the car.</p>

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— IBU World Cup (@IBU_WC) <a href="https://twitter.com/IBU_WC/status/1025073377336274945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<p>He was airlifted to hospital where the ski pole was removed from his calf.</p>

<p>"The pole stuck out one metre the other side," coach Johan Haeggstroem told news agency TT, adding that Femling was in good spirits following a successful operation.</p>

Biathlon: Swedish Olympic champion Peppe Femling hurt in accident