IG updates us on Aliya Mustafina’s impending knee surgery:
Accompanied by the Russian team’s interpreter, Mustafina went to Munich for surgery at one of the top clinics in Germany.
“Aliya could have had surgery in Berlin,” Rodionenko said. “But local experts themselves insisted that it’s better to contact one of the clinics in Munich that specializes in knee joints. This is where the great German tennis player Boris Becker had surgery and where the German national football team goes.”
But this is the most interesting part of that article:
Chusovitina, who has competed for Germany since 2006, went to the same expert for knee surgery after the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Chusovitina, who turns 36 in June, won the silver medal on vault at the 2008 Olympics and in Berlin.
“If she does surgery at the right place and has proper rehabilitation, trust me, she can vault,” Chusovitina told newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets.” “The doctor the Russians are going to operated on me. Same knee, but I had another problem. After Athens I could not vault, nor even really do anything. After eight months of looking for the cause, only this doctor figured out what was wrong. I had the surgery, and after two weeks I was walking without pain. Believe me, he’s really a professional of the highest class. For 30 years he’s been operating only on knees.” …
read more – Mustafina Heads to Munich for Knee Surgery
Oksana Chusovitina, legend.
She’s training to break her own record of 5 Olympics, still competing at the highest level. And it looks to me she’s still ticked when she doesn’t WIN.
In 1991 there was Lavinia Milosovici. She won the World title on vault. Today (in 2011) we have another Romanian who won the European Title on vault – Sandra Izbasa. 20 Years, but the silver medalist is the same…and her name is: Oksana Chusovitina. Impressive!!! …
Fangymnastics – From Lavinia Milosovici to Sandra Izbasa…20 years with Oksana Chusovitina
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