At Friday's 10 kilometer free, Natalya Neprjajeva fell.

The Russian was taken to hospital with a broken hand.

The first message about the injury is not positive.

- Shit news.

In one place in her hand she has two fractures.

She is flying to Moscow today and on Monday she will have surgery.

It is really not good, says Russian coach Markus Cramer to SVT Sport.

Is the World Cup run?

- We do not know right now, we live on hope.

But the chance is small.

She will of course try.

We have to take it day by day.



What did she say herself?

- She is of course very sad.

Yesterday she understood that it is broken.

And she became very sad now that she had to have surgery.

The World Cup in Oberstdorf runs from February 23 to March 7.