Said
Nora Mork
(Oslo, 1991) born with two bombs, one on each knee.
Daughter of players, niece of players, twin sister of player, her destiny had two seasons and she always knew it.
First stop, the top of handball, a World Cup, three Europeans, four Champions.
Second stop, the operating room.
All of her relatives except her mother Tirill - who was her childhood coach - had already torn a ligament when it was her turn in February 2018, so the pain was as expected.
There were no surprises.
But he was not contemplating what happened next.
But he did not imagine what happened before.
Mork is, to summarize, is the best player of the last six or seven years.
Two teams dominated that period, Norway and Hungarian Gyori, and she was their benchmark.
Who does not know it only needs to see its last 'highlight'.
On Saturday, against Croatia, the game begins, receives the first ball on the side, performs a pass feint that is believed to be up to the camera and when the shot returns to it, it already celebrates the goal.
In the European Championship, she has been the outrageous 35 goals in five games, the top scorer by far -the second is
Carmen Martín-
, and her team is currently the only one classified for the semifinals.
The title and the MVP await you.
And if you end up hugging both trophies there will be no one in handball who does not celebrate it.
For his knees and for the other.
Perhaps even more so for the other.
One fact speaks about what her genetics have caused her to suffer: she has been operated on nine times on her knees.
In February 2018, the anterior crusader of the right knee;
in October 2018, the right meniscus;
and in April 2019, the anterior crusader of the left knee.
Infections, reconstructions ... he thought about retiring, of course, as did his twin sister
Thea
for the same.
But he continued because he has one goal left, the Olympic gold, the one that escaped him in the Rio 2016 Games -bronze-, and because he had already been working on his fears with a psychologist for some time.
Specifically, since September 2017.
«Now I approach everything from joy.
Playing handball is the best job in the world.
On a bad day I lose a game.
It does not matter.
I have fun, I appreciate everything, I think of those who would like to be in my place, "Mork told the Lead portal in a recent interview, after the shame, the depression, in a way after the disappointment.
Because until that September Mork felt that everything was in order, that she was loved and respected.
She had won the World Cup and the European Championship, debuted with the senior team at the age of 19, already had an extensive track record and, among other things, was the first player to be sponsored by Red Bull.
In a country like Norway, a paradise for equality, it enjoyed considerable recognition.
But then a huge, gross, voracious monster appeared: social networks.
And Mork discovered that cruelty.
A twentysomething hacked his cell phone, others - some of them international players - shared photographs of themselves naked and ended up being tried in the virtual plaza.
He fell into depression.
How to understand the attitude of those people who loved her, of that country that loved her?
He locked himself at home and did not confirm his presence at the 2017 World Cup until the last day.
In the end it was, he played like the angels, he took the silver and he enjoyed his last games until these days.
Then came the torture of the knees.
But she already expected it.
But she was already prepared.
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