The World Cup in February was such a big goal that Svahn could have done anything to get started.

She hid the real condition with the injured shoulder, where other muscles had to compensate, so as not to be prevented from starting.

Not getting to the start was not on the map.

She vomited at night and fainted during visits to the hospital but eliminated the irritating pain in her shoulder.

The World Cup was then held with painkillers.

At the same time, there was further wear in the damaged shaft.

- I do not think anything could have made me not stand on the starting line in the World Cup.

When I have a goal, I do anything to be able to achieve it, says the strong-willed winner Svahn in "Skisporet", a podcast that was recorded at a hotel in Östersund two weeks ago but which was published today.

Svahn went to the semifinals of the World Cup and her coach Ola Ravald called immediately and asked:

- You, how's the shoulder really?

You go completely wrong, the coach remarked while Svahn was filled with emptiness and went himself, followed by a bunch of journalists, to the hotel room.

Did not see the World Cup final

- Ola, I'm completely empty, I do not even know what to say, replied Svahn who lay down on the bed without watching the final.

Via the Fis app, she could see that Sweden had taken gold through Jonna Sundling.

Do you regret that the operation did not take place earlier?

- Yes, absolutely, of course.

But it's very easy to be self-critical.

I would probably have been in a different seat now if I had done the operation immediately after the crash, says Svahn.

Even though she felt that the shoulder did not work as it should, she still got a good response to the training this summer and felt that it was under control.

Undergoing surgery was something she feared, a thought she tried to push away.

The Olympics were the overriding goal.

- When I woke up and they said: "You know what Linn, it was much worse than we thought.

There was no chance that you would be able to do this with rehab alone ”.

Hearing it was also nice because then I knew it was the right thing to do.

Before I was in the selection and the qualifier if it was worth operating on for the result, it could have been that they found something and we would then know that there would be no Olympics, says Svahn.

"Be a trauma"

It was a heavy insight that struck Svahn after the operation.

- In a way, it was like a trauma.

I tried to push it away from me.

If there was a chance for the million, I'm there to take the chance.

When I realized the consequences, I became worried, sad, sad and abandoned.

I lost an important piece of the puzzle in everyday life, an important part for me to work towards something specific, Svahn describes the feeling.

Svahn is self-critical that she did not listen to the body's signals after the World Cup.

- I should have checked it more carefully after the World Cup, it is up to me and we were not critical enough.

We and those around me have a responsibility.

I noticed that I was in a bit of pain but it's part of everyday life.

I am adamant "this is what I will endure" and I regret that way of thinking.

Now the focus is on the World Cup in Planica, 2023. She will do as Therese Johaug and stand for a season and then come back.

- She came back stronger.

I am inspired by it and a little secret is that I called Ola and said that I will win everything in the WC 2023, not just sprint, says Svahn.