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American Standard & egrave; S & ouml; Sölden to prepare for the return to racing after nine months on the sidelines for the 'operation to the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee which stopped him last January.
Wednesday 12 October 2016 3 minutes reading time
The 'last race of the thirty-two of Utah dates back to the slalom at Kitzbuehel last January; It was January 24 and three days later in Ligety workout lesion memorize options the ligament. The 'operation, rehabilitation at home, in Park City, the honeymoon in Bali in May; the first contact with snow & egrave; He arrived in New Zealand in August with two weeks of free skiing on the slopes while not binding the two weeks in Chile in September represented the first test on the way back.
"Skiing I feel good," said Ligety before leaving for the 'Austria, "I have reduced my ambitions that the season going to start, I expect a lot." "I wish I had more & ugrave; time to prepare to return," he continued, "but I have no pain and are able d igareggiare gi & agrave; S & ouml; Sölden". The head of the technicians of the US team, Forest Carey, warns that "is still working perch & egrave; has not skied a lot, it would be asking too much to think of finding gi & agrave; at the top".
The 'Prince appointment of the season is the World Championships in St. Moritz where Ligety, Gold in Val d'' Isere in 2009, Garmisch in 2011 and Schladming in 2013, has the 'opportunity & agrave; to become the first skier to win four consecutive titles in the same discipline; "We shall see, & egrave; a goal but no one knows what will happen & agrave;". If the US & egrave; cautious on rainbow deadline, he admits with great realism that the overall World Cup "& egrave; a dream probably will not be reached."
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