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The Olympic dream of Kiira Korpi, one of Europe's most competitive skaters, has vanished last Friday when his young compatriot Juulia Turkkila failed to qualify during the forty-fifth edition of the Nebelhorn Trophy.
Tuesday 1 October 2013 5 minutes reading time
The twenty-five of Tampere, already absent in ISU Championships of 2013 due to physical problems, has not, in fact, been able to take part in the decisive race in Oberstdorf how seriously injured.
During a press conference attended by the main Finnish media, Korpi is back for the first time on the dynamics of the accident in California in mid-September: "I badly injured in training landing a double axel. I realized immediately that I made for really bad because all the weight of my body went on the calf and I immediately felt a sharp pain. "
The first diagnosis, later confirmed, was that of partial rupture of the Achilles tendon in his left foot. Back at home, the student of Rafael Arutyunyan was visited by several renowned orthopedic, which unanimously recommended the surgery focusing on a different recovery therapy: "The situation is improving and some days I can not move without crutches.'ll Try however not to force the issue. The goal is to get back on the ice in December after which we will see if there are the conditions for taking part in the next European Championships. "
Obviously, Korpi has analyzed what happened in the Nebelhorn Trophy, spending words of appreciation for her compatriot Turkkila, but not hiding his disappointment at the exclusion from the Olympic Games: "I can not hide to be disappointed. I trained for four years with the Olympics as its main objective now vanished. It is, in any case, situations where you can get new blood. Archive disappointments must be able to react and set new goals and new dreams. Juulia pattinatrie is a great and a wonderful person . know you did everything possible to win the Olympic place and I have no intention of attirbuirle faults that did not even because he has not been able to best prepare for the Nebelhorn. Indeed, I would like to thank you. was the only Finnish athlete can try it and I was convinced that we could succeed. Anyway, by virtue of the result of Juulia, Finland is the second reserve then a slight chance of being in Sochi still exists. now I need to concentrate on being riabilitazone foot trying to take small steps forward every day. possibility of this goes on and can not deny that I often think it is intriguing. If there is a chance I will not back. "
Faced with the incessant questions of the local press, which questioned her about the possibility of being of the game in the Olympic Games of 2018, Kiira preferred to skirt the issue: "As we have often said Teemu Selanne" - (Finnish hockey star) - decide year after year. Now the goal become the World Saitama scheduled in late March. About the upcoming Olympics, however, I would not say anything yet. "
On the sidelines, it should be noted that, thanks to the absence in the women's competition, Finland will not be at the starting line in any Olympic event of figure skating.
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