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After a serious injury such as an anterior cruciate injury suffered at the Italian championships in Cortina, the Gais champion plans to return already at the start of next season
Monday 22 April 2019 2 minutes reading time
Christof Innerhofer believes, works to the maximum and, already a month after that damn March 22 with the collapse to the left knee immediately in the super-g of the absolutes, he declares himself optimistic: "After 30 days I'm fine, above all morally - he updated his "Inner" fans on the occasion of the Easter holidays - Now I can bend my knee about 80 degrees, it is less swollen and therefore I can train more. Five times a week with therapies and an equal number of abdominal, upper and krank cycle workouts. Step by step ... ".
The 34-year-old from Gais had spoken without hesitation of wanting to "get up to the 2026 Olympics", without hiding that in the case of the assignment of the Games in Cortina he will want to be there, even at the age of 41. In the immediate future, the objectives are others and therefore the return already at the beginning of the next season; Obviously, the summer preparation will be conditioned and it might be possible to put the skis on again only around the end of September, but being at the starting gate two months later, for the first fast races in Lake Louise, may not be impossible ...
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