At the 2019 World Cup, Angelica Bengtsson's staff broke during a jump, and she collapsed straight into the box.
But it went well for Bengtsson, and she was able to jump on and managed the height in a later attempt.
Struck properly
But when the same thing happened to her Swiss competitor Angelica Moser, who won the European Indoor Championships last winter, it did not go as well.
During a training session on Tuesday, her pole broke when she was about to make a jump, and she hit herself violently in the back when she fell with her back and head first on the mat.
“I suffered several muscle injuries in the back and chest region and also a minor pneumothorax (lung collapse).
Because of that, I will with complete certainty not be able to compete any more this season ", Moser writes on Instagram, where she has both posted a picture of the jump, as well as a picture of her in the hospital bed, where she is lying with her neck fixed and various hoses connected to the body.
The Swiss Athletics Federation writes that Moser, who did not advance from the qualifiers in the Olympics, now needs extensive rehabilitation, aims to be able to compete fully during the next season.