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The story of Marco “Blacky” Schwarz shows once again how close victories and painful falls come in alpine skiing.
Shortly before Christmas, the Austrian took the lead in the overall World Cup from Marco Odermatt with his slalom victory in Madonna di Campiglio. Six days later, the 28-year-old suffered a torn cruciate ligament and a damaged meniscus on his right side. knee after the descent in Bormio Landed in the hospital in Innsbruck.
Since then, one question has mainly been discussed in the ski circus: did the all-rounder, who took part in all the downhills, super-G giants and slaloms this World Cup winter until the devastating incident on the Stelvio, also put a lot of strain on his body? ? Was the cruciate ligament torn before the fall due to physical overload?
Plain text by Stephan Eberharter
On Thursday, several observers reported that the Carinthian trained as a giant slalom runner between the inspection of the course and the start of the race in Bormio. “If that is really true, then in my opinion it was completely negligent, because the descent on the Stelvio requires much more content than a race in Lake Louise,” complains Schwarz’s compatriot Stephan Eberharter, who won the overall World Cup between 2001 and 2003. won.
The Zillertaler adds: “I had the most successful time in my career in the phase where I placed particular emphasis on regeneration. But due to the incredible workload Blacky has completed, regeneration is neglected and injuries are the logical consequence. That’s why I wanted him to remove slalom from his program before the start of this season.”
Because that did not happen, the 54-year-old is also annoyed with the ÖSV team management: “I can understand why a driver who is in such good shape wants to participate in as many races as possible. But that is exactly why the trainers have to show an athlete what is and is not possible.
Luxembourgian Marc Girardelli (60), who won the World Championships in all four disciplines between 1980 and 1997, sees it in a similar way to Eberharter: “In my opinion, the coaches are partly responsible for Marco’s injury, because they did not do enough has attached great importance to the recovery of his body in recent months.”
“Odermatt can go on holiday at the end of January”
The German ski pope Felix Neureuther (39) is also a man of clear words. The Bavarian, who won the Lauberhorn and Kitzbühel slalom twice, wanted to warn Schwarz two weeks ago: “As we know, everyone is smarter in retrospect, but I said to journalists after the descent in Val Gardena that Schwarz was looking forward to the races” We have to leave Bormio to recharge our batteries for the classics in January.”
The fact that this great driver is out for so long almost tears his heart apart. “It would have been so important for the international reputation of our sport if there had been a fantastic World Cup match between Schwarz and Odermatt towards the end of the season.”
This also hurts the five-time overall World Cup winner Girardelli: “This duel would have set the entire ski world on fire this winter, but now the tension around the big ball is completely gone. The great Marco Odermatt is so unrivaled in these rankings after Black’s performance that he will take his third overall World Cup victory even if he goes on holiday to the Maldives at the end of January…»
Source : Blick
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