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Ugly tile for the circuit of female jumping and especially for the American team.
Wednesday 21 August 2013 3 minutes reading time
Sarah Hendrickson, winner of the 2011 World Cup - World Championship gold in '12 and Fiemme, 2013, was seriously injured this morning during a training session in Oberstdorf.
The nineteen year old has had to jump in ideal conditions and despite starting from pole rather low (similar to that used in the same minute by Anssi Koivuranta) landed about 148 meters, eleven past the point of HS Schattenbergschanze, set at 137 meters.
Hendrickson has hit the ground floor and was unable to remain standing. The following fall caused an injury to his right knee. According to preliminary analysis, there would be collateral ligament rupture front, but at least there would be no bone fractures. In addition, the injured knee is not the left, already made in spring 2012. A more precise diagnosis will be made as a result of new exams in the United States in the coming days.
The situation becomes problematic in view of the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. Is less than 6 months at a competition at Five circles Hendrickson and consequently may not be able to attend the event.
However, in recent years we have seen Combiners Americans recover from this kind of injury within 4/5 months, so you can not rule out the presence of the Teen Park City in the first Olympic race in the history of female jumping
In any case, talk about recovery time is still very premature and only in the near future it will be possible to understand what turn will make the season at the time Hendrickson for which the only certainties are those having to go under the knife and face a long rehabilitation.
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