Miha Frdnik: Injuries are not the result of poor fitness

In pain, the best Slovenian giant slalom player will miss the season’s giant slalom show on the Rettenbach nad Sölden glacier last season dead letters. The cause of the pain is the consequences of inflammation in the knee. She injured her knee in Linzerhead in March.

They will also miss the opening match of the season Tina Rubinick And the Andrea Solcar, who were infected during training sessions in Switzerland and Italy, respectively. Andrea Slokar, who underwent successful surgery for a cruciate ligament injury in her left knee on Sunday in Innsbruck, has already finished the season. Ajdovka is facing a recovery of at least six months.

« First of all, bad luck »

“Unfortunately it happened to us, we are in such a sport, where there are also injuries. Up to three injuries happened to us recently. For Andreja Slocar, this season is already over, as for Mita Hrovat, she will be back in a month. Otherwise, it is difficult to say That’s exactly because it’s inflammation and depends on how the knee reflexes. For Tina Rubenick, rehab is going in the right direction at the moment, so hopefully she can get on the snow in January. » He told ST Maya Ferdnik.

He is convinced that the injuries are the result of unfortunate circumstances. “It is definitely more about bad luck than anything else. In the preparation phase, when Rubnikova and Slokarjev were injured, training was very difficult. However, it is primarily about bad luck and I would not look for reasons elsewhere, in an alleged worse case. Physical or worse heating. At a certain moment, such incidents also happen,” Verdnik is convinced.

In Sunday’s men’s giant slalom, the top two Slovenian athletes, two Olympic runners-up and two-time Olympian will compete in Sölden. Žan Kranjec And the Stephen HadalenThe women’s race will start the day before Anna Boucek And the Nigga Dvornik.

Anna Boucek’s goal: to correct last year’s impression

“I will try to focus on myself. The burden you put on yourself as an athlete is ultimately the burden that you have to overcome, and for the time being I somehow managed to keep calm and carry on with what I’m doing. I can say I am well prepared, and I hope to be able to put in a good performance. And to do something more for the contestants who are going to lose,” Anna Boucek does not intend to slouch under the weight of expectations.

“We know that the knees in particular are the most damaged in skating. I think the girls have been well prepared, and have been working out their fitness all summer, just like me. I think everyone is doing their best, and none of them want to get injured. It was an unfortunate combination of circumstances. Unfortunately, all three of them have knees. But I certainly wouldn’t say it had to do with anything one of them didn’t do enough in the preparation period. » Anna Boucek, who wants to correct a bad impression last year, is convinced when she was left without points at Sölden.

Even the team’s youngest member, 21-year-old Nega Dvornik, says that after two years when injuries hampered her, she’s ready to look for Sulden’s first points. “I am not bothered by the fact that only two of us will perform. It is terrible for me that there will not be three, but it does not change anything for me. I will focus on my leadership and my work. It would certainly be better if it was all Slovenian in the beginning.”