Perttu Hyvärinen, who sprained his ankle: “I have to do a couple of workouts a day”

National team skier Perttu Hyvärinen gave bad news about his ankle on Thursday. However, the man was not in the mood to surrender when he answered the phone in the evening.

Hyvärinen, 33, published two pictures on Instagram, from which it became clear that the left ankle has experienced a lot.

“Somewhat worse news. On Sunday, I sprained my ankle during an evening run. In that rut, one ligament broke and a couple tore,” Hyvärinen wrote.

In the evening, he answered the phone from the saddle of an exercise bike.

“Yes, we are already working on this. We have been able to do compensatory exercises and rehabilitate. Of course, you have to be careful not to break your leg again.”

“The most difficult thing here is that when you’ve tuned up your fitness a bit, you can’t rest at all. You have to do a couple of workouts a day.”

The cross-country skiing world cup starts in Ruka next week. In addition to the opening race, Hyvärinen estimates that the Lillehammer races on the 6th–8th December will be missed.

“Then we’ll see what the situation is.”

I like it the injury was really unlucky. He says that he had been jogging for half an hour on the chewing track when his step had hit a “lump”.

“You could just as easily roll your ankle on the edge of the carpet at home. You can’t mess with anything, it just happened.”

Hyvärinen won relay World Cup silver in Planica in the winter of 2023. Last December, he won one stage at the Tour de Ski.

In the coming season, the main goal is the World Championships in Trondheim in February-March. Are they in danger?

“Let’s try to make sure it isn’t. I don’t believe that at this point.”