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Helena Bergman to run longest leg in women's Tiomila

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Helena Bergman to run longest leg in women's Tiomila
Key Points
  • Helena Bergman returns from compartment syndrome to run longest leg in women's Tiomila history
  • She is a 40-year-old orienteer with 18 World Championship medals and five Orienteer of the Year awards
  • Nearly 6,000 orienteers participate in Tiomila, Sweden's largest orienteering relay

Bergman, voted Orienteer of the Year five times according to major media, trained as a doctor and is a mother of two. She began rehabilitation in a wheelchair. According to Dagens Nyheter, Bergman described her recovery process as a form of live cognitive behavioral therapy.

Nearly 6,000 orienteers are participating in Tiomila this weekend, according to major media. The event, held in Tranås on the night into Sunday, is Sweden's largest orienteering relay. Notable participants include SM gold medalist Simon Hector, according to major media, and European champion August Mollén of OK Denseln, according to Norrköpings Tidningar. Also running is Ukrainian Yevheniia Veremeinko, 32, who came to Sweden four years ago, according to major media. The total number of teams and specific safety measures remain undisclosed.

I feel that I need to reclaim Tiomila. Now that it has approached, I have had some fear, some anxiety creeping in. But I am very happy to now be able to sit here. Reclaiming this is wonderful.

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

Some kind of live CBT!

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

Can you also look, and tell me it's not acute compartment?

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

But he said 'this is how it says in our books it should look'.

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

Fast as hell.

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

Otherwise the leg can die from oxygen deprivation.

Helena Bergman, Orienteer

You are not better than your worst runner.

August Mollén, European champion in orienteering
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