Lucas Eguibar -snowboard boardercross world champion in 2021 and winner of the World Cup of the discipline six years ago-, one of the most important figures in Spanish winter sports, He is recovering positively from his Achilles tendon injury in his left foot.which was broken on the second weekend of March in the regularity competition test held in the Italian resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo.
This was confirmed by Eguibar himself, with five victories and 18 podiums in the World Cup, where More than a week ago they removed the splint that was placed on him after surgery in Innsbruck (Austria) a few days after the break. An injury that occurred in the small final event of the aforementioned competition held in the Italian resort that in two years will host the Winter Olympic Games.
“They took the splint off a few days ago; and now I’m in transition from walking with two crutches to walking with just one crutch. I’m supporting my leg and you can tell my weight is almost ‘ 50-50’ on each leg”, commented ‘Luki’, born 30 years ago in San Sebastián, also a double silver medalist at the 2017 Sierra Nevada World Championships (Granada) and double Olympic Diploma: at the Sochi’14 Games (Russia) and Beijing 2022where he finished in seventh place, winning the minor final.
“From the first day I’m going to rehabilitation and I think things are focused; it’s fast. The doctor told me that in four months I can make ‘snow’ in a ‘normal ‘ that way; and after six months I can train regularly, I got injured about two and a half months ago, so in a month and a half, more or less, I hope to be back on the board.”he commented.
“Yesterday I had the first meeting with my team, by videoconference, with (the Austrian) Marco (Fuchs), with (the Slovenian) Mario (Mihic) and with (the Spanish physiotherapist) Alex (Aguirre). I hope that if everything goes well, in a month or so it can snow again later, we will see where we go.”explained Eguibar, Spain’s flag bearer at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games in South Korea.
Source: La Verdad
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