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The unfortunate South Tyrolean sprinter went under the knife to rebuild the ligaments in his right knee destroyed in last Saturday's crash in Val d''Isère. "Thank you all for the love".
Wednesday 16 December 2020 3 minutes reading time
A hundredth of a second, a small movement, the fall, the pain and the ordeal that begins.
Unfortunately it has happened to many, too many top level skiers and athletes. The case of Alexander Prast is decidedly bitter, given that in the first seasonal race of a World Cup that would have seen him protagonist of at least all the super-gs, with a steady job in his pocket and permanent inclusion in the Ghidoni's blue team, the season of one of the best talents of our speed has fallen apart.
Right knee knocked out after the accident in the super-g last Saturday in Val d''Isère, with Matteo Marsaglia himself stressing the danger of the race conditions and how the athletes are not protected by the FIS. Prast was knocked out and, on Sunday, the bitter diagnosis of a complete rupture of the knee ligaments was received. “I never wanted to be here, in this room and write this, but here I am. Unfortunately in the fall on Saturday my right knee turned and all my ligaments broke, it's amazing how a hundredth of a second can change everything. Thanks for the 'affection', the social message of the South Tyrolean before the operation.
In fact, this morning, four days after the accident, Prast was operated on at the Hochrum clinic in Innsbruck. And from tomorrow the long rehabilitation period will begin, with the aim of returning to skis in the summer of 2021.
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