French downhill skiers in Les Deux Alpes, Theaux has yet to wait: "On skis in mid-August"

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One of the veterans of transalpine speed, back from the serious injury of January, told Ski Chrono about his long recovery. Again conditioned by Covid-19 ...

Monday 8 June 2020 4 minutes reading time

The preparation of the French downhill skiers towards the next season has also started today on the Les Deux Alpes glacier. There is an absence of luxury, however, within the young and qualitative Equipe de France, led by the hen Johan Clarey; he will have to wait a few more months to put his skis back on Adrien Theaux, whose right knee (with rupture of the crusader and tibial plateau) had crashed the first days of January, in training at Orcières-Merlette. A heavy stop at 35 for the Val Thorens sprinter, who had never had serious injuries during his long career; Theaux did not give up, he immediately announced that he wanted to return to the World Cup with the first races of the 2020/21 season, but on his way he also found the Covid-19 obstacle in ... double form. "Yes, think that three days after starting physiotherapy the lockdown started and I myself contracted the virus - he revealed to his colleagues in Ski Chrono during a long interview - It was not fun, I lost taste and smell for almost a month, but all in all I was able to continue on my path, even if the work was conditioned by the fact of being able to carry out all the exercises alone at home ". After the knee operation performed on February 18 in Lyon by a luminary of the matter such as dr. Sonnery-Cottet, Theaux has been able to get serious since mid-May, with the athletic training started in the federal center of Albertville, in the company of another exceptional injured at home France, or Brice Roger (who had stopped after Bormio and a few days before the team mate): "It was nice to find the people who support me in this recovery - explains the transalpine downhill skier - I lost a lot of muscles, certainly it was a very serious injury even though I was told that could have been worse. Now I hope to be able to go back to the snow six months after the operation, therefore in mid-August, but I must give myself the necessary time and above all physically return to the top as a priority ". After collecting 277 bibs in the World Cup, the story of Adrien Theaux is ready to start again: you just need a little more patience.

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