The Olympic hero remembers nothing from several hours of his own life. Now, the 25-year-old shares the story of the fall that could have had catastrophic consequences.

“For several hours, I remembered nothing. I didn’t even know what year it was,” says Martin Uldal to Biathlon Azzurro.

He is talking about the skiing trip with his girlfriend Gro Randby this spring, when he took a serious fall on a hard snow surface. The fall could have had dramatic consequences. When he regained consciousness, he was primarily relieved that he had not been paralyzed.

Uldal still does not remember what happened from just before the fall until he arrived at the hospital, a time span of several hours.

“I’m doing well now. I suffered a concussion and forgot a lot of things, but it improved after about a week,” he says.

Now, the season opener in Geilo and the upcoming season occupy the attention of the biathlete from Birkenes, who has set clear goals for the winter.

“I want to shoot a bit faster again”

Before last season, Uldal made significant changes to his rifle and spent a lot of time optimizing it. This affected his training on shooting quickly, which had been one of Uldal’s key strengths. Nevertheless, he took home a silver medal from the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina.

“I made many changes to the rifle last year. I think I’ve found a good solution, but I want to shoot a bit faster again,” he says.

This summer, he has worked closely with the national men’s team’s new shooting coach, Patrick Oberegger.

The Italian came from the women’s national team and took over from Siegfried Mazet, who is now coaching France. Oberegger has pushed the athletes to take risks at the shooting range. This has yielded results.

“This year, I feel more comfortable shooting quickly again, and I’m trying to combine speed and precision, says Uldal.

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Hoping for a full season

In the last two seasons, Uldal has struggled with consistency. Now he hopes, like his national team colleague Johan-Olav Botn, to complete the entire season.

“I really want to have a full season. In the last two seasons, I’ve only been able to compete in about two-thirds of the races. I want to participate more than that, stay in better shape, and achieve a good overall placement in the World Cup,” says the 25-year-old from Birkenes IL.

The national season opener will take place in Geilo from November 14 to 15, and the World Cup starts in Kontiolahti, Finland, on November 26.

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