Rebeca Andrade has had 3 ACL tears: 2015, 2017, and 2019.
Yet she came back to be competing the all-around right beside the greatest gymnast all time, Simone.
It’s possible.
Since her three major knee injuries, Andrade has picked her spots to compete extremely carefully.
After her 2022 World all-around win, she didn’t compete on the floor exercise again until this year’s Worlds in Antwerp.
“I have complete freedom to talk to Chico [Francisco Porath], who is my coach, and he knows that when I’m in pain, I tell him that, ‘Today, it is very difficult. Is it okay for us to hold off on that workout, to do a lighter workout?’ because he knows that the next day I’m going to arrive at the gym and I’m going to do my best,” explained Andrade of her approach.
“This is very important to me. This exchange that we have, this trust that we have in each other – and also, the physical part, the physical trainer, the multidisciplinary part also with physiotherapy, massage therapy, psychologist [is important].
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