Olympics-Beach volleyball champion Mol suffers fracture in build up to Games


2022 European Championships - Beach Volleyball - Konigsplatz, Munich, Germany - August 16, 2022 Norway's Christian Sorum in action with during his Men's Preliminary match with Anders Mol against Israel's Eylon Elazar and Netanel Amiram Ohana REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo

(Reuters) - Norway's Olympic beach volleyball champion Anders Mol underwent surgery after suffering a broken bone in his lower leg and will be sidelined for several weeks, affecting his preparations for the Paris Games, he said on Friday.

The 26-year-old, who won gold in the men's beach volleyball along with team mate Christian Sorum in Tokyo in 2021, told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK that he suffered the fracture at a training camp in Tenerife earlier in the week.

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