Franziska Preuss falls longer than expected after falling down the stairs. Until the big goal of the Olympics, it will now be a race against time for the German biathlon hope.
Franziska Preuss had imagined the Christmas break very differently. Instead of laying important foundations for her Olympic dream, the hopeful of German biathletes is forced to inactive after her darned fall.
While the competition is busy unwinding kilometer after kilometer, the 27-year-old has to take it easy. More than putting your left foot up is simply not possible for them over the holidays.
Her momentous faux pas in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand forced her to take a longer break at the wrong time – the way to top form will be damned arduous a good 40 days before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games. After thorough examinations, the doctors ordered a complete ban on exercise for ten days, after which she was only allowed to gradually approach full exercise.
Biathlon: “Stupid situation” for Franziska Preuss
Competitions before mid-January are unlikely to be possible, participation in the home World Cup in Oberhof seems almost impossible. It should also be tight for the races on the own doorstep in Ruhpolding from January 12th to 16th – and then only Antholz would be left for the final touches before leaving for Beijing (February 5th to 20th).
How badly the German biathletes need Preuss in top form became evident after their failure at the World Cup in France. Top positions without the front woman? Nothing!
For Preuss it was “a very stupid situation”, ZDF expert Laura Dahlmeier had already said on ZDF. A break at this point “certainly feels like a long time.”
Franziska Preuss was right in the middle of the world class biathlon
Almost everything went according to plan right up to the fall of the stairs. There were three top eight results in the first four races, Preuss was right in the middle of the top of the world.
“In terms of running she has never started the season so well. If it goes the same way as in the last few years, when she got stronger from week to week, that makes me very positive. It can be a very, very good season.” “, speculated her friend Simon Schempp at the time in the” SID “interview.
But instead, Preuss has to win the race against time because of her foot injury.
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