After his violent fall on the descent in Wengen a few weeks ago Aleksander Aamodt Source on social media with graphic photos of his injury. According to the 31-year-old, the road to recovery is a bumpy one, like it was at the weekend shared on Instagram.
The Norwegian was injured in Wengen and has been struggling with a gash on his leg ever since. The two weeks he spent in rehabilitation since the fall were dominated by strong painkillers, he wrote.
Panic attack and fainting
After the fall, the 31-year-old was transferred from Bern to Innsbruck and underwent surgery on his shoulder. At the start of his rehab, he couldn’t even go to the toilet. When he tried, he became direct unconscious, he described. He felt the “worst pain after his surgery.” He also had one due to the high doses of medication Panic attackKilde continued.
The first relief came in the second week after his accident: Kilde managed to sit upright on his own without fainting. He also had to wait seven weeks in the wheelchair prepare. He continued to write that he was released from the hospital.
Kilde shocked with a split calf
Particularly shocking: the pictures of his deep cut on the calf, which he had cut open with his own skis. Despite the most serious injury, Kilde believes in “complete recovery“, he reassured his fans.
In addition to Kilde, several top athletes fell this year. Above all, Austria’s slalom ace Marco Schwarz, who is currently recovering from a torn cruciate and medial ligament including cartilage damage. Also the biggest competitor of Mikaela ShiffrinKilde’s girlfriend, the Slovakian Petra Vhlov, falls out after a fall.
Shiffrin himself caused concern with a crash last weekend on a downhill run in Corina d’Ampezzo that was littered with retirements. But she got off lightly.
He also fell at the Super-G in Wengen Franzose Alexis Pinturault difficult. He had to end the season early.