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In Soelden the first approach on the snow for the Austrian sprinter, who on 18 December 2020 had literally destroyed her left knee in the first descent in Val d''Isère. His emotion and the goal to face the first training with the team already in November in Copper Mountain.
Friday 8 October 2021 2 minutes reading time
Almost ten months of very long waiting, four operations necessary to reconstruct the left knee, literally destroyed in the impact against the nets (and beyond) of the first descent on the Oreiller-Killy, last December 18 in the speed opening in Val d '' Isère.
Nicole Schmidhofer sees the light again, since in the past few hours she has finally returned to skis caressing the snow of Soelden; the super-g world champion in 2017 in Sankt Moritz, spent 42 days in the hospital after the first operation, with 4 months on crutches and physical preparation work which began practically in the summer. "The feeling of finally being on the track after such a long break from the injury is indescribable and difficult to put into words - said" Nici "to the OESV press office - The tension for the first corners was very high and almost comparable to that of many races.
It was a very emotional time for me and I'm really happy to feel so good, my knee didn't hurt me. Of course, I'm still a long way from being able to ski in racing mode, but if everything goes according to plan, I could go with the team to Copper Mountain at the beginning of November ”.
Debut in Lake Louise, where he won three of his four World Cup races? It may not be impossible ...
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