November 12, 2015 – The 2015 Overall World Cup winner Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway has a stress fractured rib on his left side. Sundby, who has won the World Cup overall and the Tour de Ski the past two seasons is confident that the injury will not affect his World Cup season.

Martin Johnsrud Sundby, FIS world cup cross-country, mass men, Oslo (NOR) © Nordic Focus

NRK.no reports that National coach Trond Nystad says, “Martin is exercising normal and will on Thursday test whether it is appropriate for him to compete now (Beitostolen this weekend) or whether he should wait until the World Cup opening in Kuusamo the final weekend of November.”

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