From the operating room to rehabilitation. Paris 2024 is the goal and there is not a minute to lose. Marcos Moneta I’m coming from Hong Kong, He had surgery on Tuesday morning and in the afternoon he began to move his right ankle. The good news: there is no ligamentous involvementso the player’s inactivity period Pumas 7s It will be shorter than otherwise.
“Luckily, everything went perfectly, according to plan. “We are very happy,” said the doctor. Guillermo Bottodoctor of the Pumas, for THE NATION. “Marcos is very good, he is very strong in the headand received support from everyone: teammates, coaches, family, friends.”
Marcos Moneta, star of the Argentine sevens team, suffered a sprained right ankle on Friday in the first match of the Seven de Hong Kong, against the United States, which immediately marginalized him from the competition. The first studies revealed fibula fracturealthough the extent of the injury was not known with certainty, which was finally known when the area was operated on.
Moneta’s departure after suffering the injury in Hong Kong
“He only suffered a fracture of the fibula; The ligaments are very good. It’s good news; Otherwise, it would have been a slower rehabilitation,” Botto confirmed. “Everything has been thought out and programmed so that it can arrive safely until July 24, when the Paris Olympic Games will begin”.
Botto, who operated on the player on Tuesday morning at the La Trinidad sanatorium in San Isidro, reported that the player remains with an elastic bandage on his ankle, walks with crutches and partially supports his right foot. “He already started making ankle movements. Rehabilitation started on day 1″.
What are the steps to follow? “He has two or three more days of rest, with ice. In a week she will be off the crutches and will be able to start cycling. Within 15 days the stitches will be removed and you will be able to start doing physical therapy exercises,” Botto responded. “Within a month or a month and a half you will be able to start jogging, according to tolerance.”
According to the usual recovery times for an injury of this type (six to eight weeks), Moneta may be in the final stage of the World Sevens Circuit, which will take place from May 31 to June 2 in Madrid. There, the eight best in the table will fight for the title of champion of the 2023/24 season, and the Pumas are already classified. However, Botto preferred to be cautious and flatly ruled out Moneta’s presence. It was already known that Rayo would not be available for the last regular stage, May 3 to 5 in Singapore. Everything indicates that it will reach 100% by Paris 2024.
Tries by Marcos Moneta last year
Moneta is the best player on the Pumas 7s, a team that is going through the best moment in its history. He was runner-up last season, which closed with six finals and three trophies, and started this one even better, with three conquests in the first four stages. Although his performance dropped a bit in the last two stages, he is still one of the favorites to win the Circuit in Madrid and the gold medal in Paris.
Distinguished as the best sevens player in the world in 2021, when he was decisive in the bronze medal achieved at the Tokyo Games, Moneta is essential for the Argentine team. Although the team has many world-class players and a rugby system that exceeds individualities, Moneta is one of those different performers, who gives another dimension to the game based on his ability to generate danger where there seems to be no possibility.
Injuries are part of the game. Now we have to look forward. Everything indicates that Marcos Moneta will be in Paris 2024.