Tiril Eckhoff back in training – not cleared for competitions

National team manager Per Arne Botnan confirms to NRK that biathlete Tiril Eckhoff (32) is back in training.

– She is in training, but not ready for competition yet, says Botnan to NRK.

Tiril Eckhoff has struggled after last season, and told VG in August that she was considering ending her career after she met the wall this spring.

– I went on a rampage. It started when I got corona after the World Cup races in Holmenkollen. Then I had some after-effects and then I had to take a break. I struggled with sleep and was simply exhausted, Eckhoff said then.

She has trained alone and a lot with her boyfriend Ånund Lid Byggland since May and has not taken part in the women’s national team’s meetings.

In November, the Norwegian Biathlon Union stated in a press release that Eckhoff had to take another break, and therefore would not participate in training or competitions in the time that followed. Now the 32-year-old is at least back in training.