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In training, a new knee crash (this time the right one) for the slalom rider who competes for Greece, spectacular at the World Championships in Cortina and with points in the cup. "I'll be back, once again".
Thursday 26 August 2021 2 minutes reading time
A curse, returned to fall upon him in the year of the Olympic dream.
AJ Ginnis has to say goodbye to the 2021/22 season: a couple of days ago in training, as the slalom specialist himself communicated, from the last year of the World Cup under the Greek flag (he is American by birth), there was a new serious injury to stop him.
The left knee, already battered by five surgeries, this time did not suffer damage, but the right one gave way: rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, classic stop of at least 7-8 months and Beijing 2022 goodbye for the class '' 94 who, last January in Flachau, he had obtained the best result in CdM (and a historic points placement for Greece) with the 11th place of Flachau, to then surprise at the World Championships in Cortina, until he came out during the 2 ^ heat.
"I am devastated and disoriented - the very sad words of AJ in the middle of social media - No Olympics and World Cup, I broke the crusader a couple of days ago and instead of my dreams, a sixth knee operation awaits me, at least only the first at right, and a year of rehabilitation, pain and body rebuilding from scratch.
Yet I will not give up: this sport can be brutal, a cruel lover, but I will not distance myself from it because I love it too much ".
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