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Get to surprise the news of the withdrawal from the race of the talented German athlete Alexander kroeckel. The twenty-five of Thuringia after a year off due to the usual & nbsp; physical problems, has decided to hang up his helmet to the proverbial final nail.
Wednesday 20 May 2015 5 minutes reading time
Kroeckel & nbsp; originally from Oberhof resort & agrave; famous for the trampoline Hans Renner Schanze had taken the first steps in ski jumping before falling in love skeleton. In his short career in the world of the twenty-five German gut got many important results despite its path has been facing a series of injuries.
Thanks to the excellent results obtained in the circuit of the European Cup and deserved medal 'Championship gold & nbsp; World Junior of 2011, the' athlete of Thuringia earned his place in the German team for the World Cup since the 2011-2012 season. The debut in the maximum circuit skeleton of kroeckel & nbsp; & egrave; truly amazing, the Teutonic fact won just two podiums & nbsp; winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in Altenberg & nbsp; in addition to five other placings in the top ten, at the end of the year ensure fifth place in the overall standings.
The following season the German improves further closing in all nine calendar appointments of the World Cup in the first ten positions of the ranking. Kroeckel Its excellent guide & egrave; the 'only athlete of the circuit can hinder, the' hegemony of the brothers Dukurs, & nbsp; and finished in third place overall thanks to the two second places in Park City and Altenberg.
Nell''estate 2013 & nbsp; during the delicate pre-season preparations in view of the Olympic Games in Sochi the skeletonista Oberhof is injured a tendon and here begins the downward career of the talented athlete Teutonic. Kroeckel jumps part of the selection trials for the German team, but also takes part in competitions of the World Cup getting good results but not comparable to those of the previous two seasons, finishing in ninth place in the Olympics also.
In the following summer the tendon problem occurs again accompanied this time by an injury to the flexor muscles. Kroeckel after making several inquiries with the medical staff of the national team decides not to take part in the last year to try to regain fitness ahead dell''edizione 2015-2016 World Cup skeleton.
Return it to & ograve; not concretizzer & agrave; as explained by a surprised Jens Mueller head coach of the German team at the microphones of BSD, "I was completely blown away by the decision of Alexander to leave the 'activities & agrave ;. I had just discussed with him about his possible return to competition in Oberhof during the World Cup luge and it seemed to me quite optimistic. I'm pretty sad and shocked by this decision, for me he could go back to being among the best athletes in the circuit, one with those qualities of leadership and talent crystal he would have no problem to be competitive again despite the heavy injury. "
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