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In the first Nordic combined event in Ramsau, the fall of Styrian Franz-Josef Rehrl, who suffered serious knee injuries, remains the main topic of discussion. Some in the ÖSV team see the fault in the international ski association FIS.
It was a matter of time before someone tore their cruciate ligament, that’s what Styrian combined athlete Lukas Klapfer said on Saturday. His jumping coach Christoph Bieler was also not much surprised after the fall of Franz Josef Rehrl on Friday and was sparing no criticism of the FIS.
Risk of injury jumping over the shoe
The reason is the permitted material, which makes long jumps possible, but becomes dangerous if a jumper makes the slightest mistake, explains ÖSV sporting director Mario Stecher: “In short, the problem is that the shoe has a It’s curved and more stable on the outside, it’s firmer than the inside. This results in internal rotation that is not easy for the knee to handle and very often leads to a cruciate ligament injury. “
However, as long as the shoe is allowed, no athlete will renounce this advantage. Therefore, the risk of injury always increases with you. Mario Stecher is sympathetic to the criticisms of the FIS, but he also means that the responsible committee has already discussed the problem: “Not only about the wedges, where the asymmetric was prohibited, but also about the shoe – and that the change that this shoe is banned and will probably only come after the Olympics. “
Rehrl: “The operation went very well”
The change came too late for Franz Josef Rehrl. Ramsauer’s knee gave out when he landed a top jump. He had surgery in Linz that night: “According to Dr. Jürgen Barthofer he did very well, but with the message that there is something more broken than the cruciate ligament,” Rehrl said. You should be able to leave the hospital on Sunday. Then the accumulation program begins. Sporting director Mario Stecher is optimistic that Rehrl can make a fresh start at the 2022 Olympics.
