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The German giant, who had announced the stop due to a herniated disc, will have to stay in the pits for 6-8 weeks: as in PyeongChang 2018, an injury will keep him out of the Games.
Friday 10 December 2021 3 minutes reading time
Four years ago, it was the left knee that practically gave way to the third gate of the giant in Alta Badia, with the crusader who crashed and forced him to say goodbye to the revenge of Sochi. Having already lost the chance to participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games, Stefan Luitz couldn't wait to try again next February in Beijing, but even the next five-circle edition will not see the 29-year-old German giant at the starting gate. .
A few hours after the surgery made necessary for a herniated disc problem, solved with the operation carried out yesterday in Munich, Luitz himself confirmed that he will not be able to recover in time for the Games: "Unfortunately I could not help but operate, the pain was now too much, but my dream of participating in the Beijing Olympic Games is over ”, the bitter words of the winner of the giant of Beaver Creek 2018, his only success in the World Cup.
Luitz had started the season with a 17th place in Soelden, already conditioned by this new injury that will keep him out, as the German federation communicated, from six to eight weeks. The giant Olympic competition is scheduled for February 13, it is impossible to think of being able to recover even winning the call-up. “The surgery went very well and was absolutely necessary,” said Dr. Raimund Trabold.
Luitz added that he felt "great pain again after the parallel of Lech / Zuers, we tried to avoid the operation, but in the end it was inevitable".
“Stefan's stop takes away one of our two great giant specialists (the other is Alexander Schmid, ed) - declared coach Christian Schwaiger - It's bitter, for him and for all of us”.
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