Carlo Janka: "The knee works, the head is not". Joana H hlen renounces the operation

In an interview with SRF, one of the Swiss television stations, Carlo Janka, 32 in a week, talked about his current fitness conditions.

Monday 8 October 2018 3 minutes reading time

Last October 24, the GraubÃ¼nden suffered an injury to the front crusader of his right knee and gave up the operation to participate in the PyeongChang 2018 Games where he was fifteenth in combined and eighth downhill, which were in fact his only races last season, for the rest fell on the track only for the tests of the descent. "I'm doing what I owe even if there are still some small things to be ready for next season - says the 2009-2010 World Cup winner -. Above all, I have to convince myself that I can trust my knee even under great effort. My head does not believe it and I still miss a few kilometers and some corners, especially with poor visibility. SÃ¶lden? Participating is out of the question, it would not make sense to be at the gate with a very high bib. I prefer to concentrate on speed and if I had to score 500 points, the giant would be an option ". The same choice of Janka, that is not to operate after the injury to his left knee immediately in April during a training during the Swiss championships, was done by Joana HÃ¤hlen. After an MRI, the doctors found only a bone contusion but the knee continued to hurt her during the holidays and then underwent further tests that showed the crusader breaking, the third of her career. But the 26-year-old from the Canton of Bern decided, just like Janka, to adopt conservative therapy and not to go under the knife, which would have made her skip the entire next season. During these months she underwent rehabilitation and reconstruction of the ligament and Argentinian snows of Ushuaia, while her teammates completed their training program, she could only train with a knee splint.

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