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In the past few hours, the Austrian champion ended up under the knife again: it should be the last operation before the very long rehabilitation can begin. At Wunderteam knee surgery also for Neumayer.
Friday 5 March 2021 4 minutes reading time
A journey that has just begun, even if almost 3 months have passed since that terrible December 18th in which Nicole Schmidhofer literally destroyed her left knee, risking her life in that passage on the compression of the “Oreiller-Killy” of Val d''Isère.
The super-g world champion in Sankt Moritz 2017, was operated on again (it is the fourth time after the injury) in Graz in the past few days; Dr Guenter Kohrgruber and knee specialists Juergen Mandl and Johann Steinboeck said they were very satisfied with the result. "All metal parts were removed from the fracture which healed and the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments were arthroscopically repaired."
The same "Nici" spoke to oesv.at about the current situation, recalling that the recovery times foresee a return on skis in just under 12 months, so if all goes well between November and December 2021. "Sta everything going very well, we are on the right path. Having patience has been the biggest challenge for me in recent weeks: I had to learn to accept it and trust the doctors and therapists to respect the times ”.
On March 15, precisely on the day of his 32nd birthday, the stitches will be removed and, according to what was declared by the same doctors who are following his recovery, at the moment no other operations are planned on Schmidhofer's battered knee.
At home Austria, but let's talk about the men's sector, Christopher Neumayer, a 28-year-old Wunderteam sprinter who was seriously injured downhill in Bormio in December 2019, ended up under the knife yesterday; he intervened again on the left knee in Salzburg, after Neumayer had returned to the race this season, stopping after the descent in Garmisch at the beginning of February. "Christopher has had quite a few knee problems in the past few weeks, so we decided to perform an arthroscopy to remove the inflamed tissues, as well as adhesions and pieces of cartilage," explained OESV physician Dr Helmuth Eggl.
Season obviously ended, but after three weeks of absolute rest, the Austrian sprinter will be able to resume with a light training.
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