Severin Freund breaks a cruciate ligament. Season over for him

"When it rains, hails"! The popular saying applies perfectly to the situation Severin Freund, whose 2016 season - '' 17 is officially over. Lowering a Teutonic has in fact Severely injured in the knee.

Tuesday 24 January 2017 2 minutes reading time

The first fragmentary information released by the German federation say that on Monday the Bavarian twenty-eight was the victim of rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament during a training session in Oberstdorf. Transported to Monaco of Bavaria has been operated in the morning today. Unknown recovery time, but the stop will be very long and probably the winner of the Crystal Ball 2014 - '' 15 will return to jump only in the fall. For Freund is the third intervention in little more than a year. In January last year he had to go under the knife to solve un''ernia disk, then in the spring had undergone a new operation to cure a problem un''anca, having observed several months off. Now the knee. The 'dell''atleta winter RastbÃ¼chel was begun over all expectations with a second place and a victory in Ruka. Its performance, however, was quickly dropped and, during the Tour of 4 trampolines, was the victim of an illness that prompted him to stop trying to regain competitiveness for the second half of the season. Things have gone very differently. Freund, however, can not defend the 'world championship gold on Large Hill won two years ago in Falun.

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