In the heat before, the second semifinal, the Frenchman Loic Capbern had done exactly the same thing, from exactly the same starting track.
See the sloppy cases in the player above.
Here the Swede falls head over heels - right at the start
2022-06-28T16:24:03.323Z
The third semi-final of the knockout sprint at the World Orienteering Championships had just started. Then Swedish August Mollen made a dive and fell headlong. - A terrible start for the guy, says SVT's commentator Peter Jonsson.
Source: svt