Felix Neureuther commented on the painful Olympia outing with a casual slogan:”Bye Bye Bye Kreuzband, Bye Bye Beaver Creek”, the ski star said when he limped in jogging pants and supported on crutches from the hospital in Vail – he didn’t even mention the end of the Olympic dreams for Pyeongchang.
Instead of being in top form for the giant slalom to Beaver Creek, the journey for the Olympic hope goes back to Germany. This is where the decision will be made as to when and where the 33-year-old can be operated. The injury is, of course, extremely annoying, especially after the successful start to the Olympic season. But I have suffered some setbacks in my career and I know how to deal with them,”he said after the accident in Copper Mountain’s training.
In South Korea, the DSV medal hopefuls in the alpine region are now almost exclusively resting on Viktoria Rebensburg, whose second victory in the giant slalom in Killington on Saturday underpinned her strong early form. Fritz Dopfer, Stefan Luitz and Linus Straßer, who had just returned from a serious injury, are now fully responsible for top positions in the men’s team and I would like to wish the boys from the team all the best and good luck for the season. Give it the gas, guys,”Neureuther said in his video message on Facebook.
In the recording he showed his typical Neureuther smile, but the end of the season is fierce for Bavaria. Because his plan had been working for months. He finally had the massive back problems of the past years under control for the most part and his body played so well that he was able to train more in the summer than hardly ever before in his career. The result: Neureuther won the first slalom in Levi. Also in the giant slalom the training runs against international competitors were very promising. But he will probably only be able to show this again at the season opener in Sölden in October 2018.