Only a few athletes had to take on the way to the top in the world so much pain as Mauro Caviezel. 2011 sat the older brother of Gino to a total damage in the knee and a severe shoulder injury in a wheelchair. Although he is a doctor, and prophesied at that time that he could never run more high-performance sport, the 31-year-old in a heroic manner by bitten.
in 2017, he was rewarded with a Bronze at the world Cup combination, in March, he was allowed to take the overall victory in the Super-G world Cup with the little crystal ball, the most valuable trophy of his career in receiving.
“classic ride”
But now the Speed specialist must take a further, serious setback in buying a floorball game in the context of the endurance training Mauro suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon on the left foot. “Mauro has been injured without enemy action,” says fitness trainer Tom hunter to VIEW. “It was a classic ride that has led to that violation is missing.”
Caviezel is expected to be next week in surgery. In the normal case to be expected in such an injury with a break of five months. It can go in comparable cases, but also faster, not have proven in the past, most recently Norwegian Superstar Aksel Lund Svindal and our departure Hero Beat Feuz.
Svindal, stunned, 2015 at the world Championships in Beaver Creek, just four months after an Achilles tendon tear with the best time in the downhill training, in the race he missed as the Sixth a medal just barely. Feuz has departure the Achilles tendon tear in September 2015, January 2016, the Emmental in the Hahnenkamm-occupied in Kitzbühel for the second rank.
Caviezel sprayed also optimistic: “This injury heals, and I do everything I can, as quickly as possible in the Form of the Ski to return.”
