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From Russia comes news dell''ennesimo knee injury suffered by Dimitry Vassilev that, to solve the problem, will & agrave; forced to undergo surgery and to boycott the first races of the season.
Friday 16 October 2015 2 minutes reading time
According to allegations made by Dmitry Dubrovski, president of the Russian ski federation, the veteran & egrave; injured last week during a training session in Sochi suffering the same injury to the cruciate ligament gi & agrave; battered in the past.
Vassiliev, who compir & agrave; 36 years in the Boxing Day, will have & agrave; It is operated in Nizhny Tagil. Dubrovski said he hopes to see the 'expert jumper pole starting during the races of the World Cup scheduled just in Nizhny Tagil on 12 and 13 December.
However & egrave; yet clear what the real entity & agrave; the problem and whether to Dubrovski is a hope that has foundation, or simply a wish destined to remain so.
Surely c '' & egrave; that Vassiliev, author of the jump pi & ugrave; longest ever seen in the history of the discipline (254 meters in Vikersund on February 15th, is not considerable as world record due next fall), in recent years he has become accustomed to many recoveries apparently impronosticabili.
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