Vlhová will no longer compete in Beijing. This is the reason – PRAVDA.sk

Slovak skier Petra Vlhová will not compete in the alpine combination and will no longer compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing. The fresh Olympic slalom winner suffers from ankle tendon.

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02/13/2022 05:12

Petra Vlhová with a gold medal.

Vlhová had an alpine combination (February 17) to complete her Olympic performance.

Her coach Mauro Pini explained the decision to end by having persistent pain in the inflamed ankle tendon of her left leg. Due to this problem, she missed Friday’s super-G and did not even start on Saturday’s first downhill training.

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“Petra decided not to start in combination due to worsening of the ankle tendon inflammation. This inflammation affected her preparation in previous weeks. Petra did not want this situation to worsen at the Olympics, because we still have important goals ahead of us.

He will return to Slovakia, where he will undergo treatment. She plans to spend a few days at home to share Olympic emotions with her loved ones and to gain the energy needed for the challenging end of the World Cup series, “Pini said in a press release.

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The moisture coach added that the inflammation has plagued Petra since November. In Yenqing, she got worse after slalom. When she tried to train the day after the Olympic victory, the pain was too strong. That is why Petra and her team decided on Sunday morning that she would no longer ride on the Olympic tracks, informs SOŠV.

Of the originally planned four disciplines, Vlhová started in only two. She finished 14th in the picture and won the dramatic slalom. Now, the issues surrounding her return to Slovakia will begin to be resolved.

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In the SP series, she has already won a small globe in advance for the overall victory in the slalom classification and still has a real chance to successfully fight for the defense of the big globe from last season.

She is second in the overall classification with 1009 points, while she loses only 17 points to the leading American Mikael Shiffrin (1026). The third Italian Sofia Goggio has a 240-point gap in Slovakia (769).