Alpine skiing: Background information on Mauro Caviezel's injury

Few athletes had to put up with as much pain on the way to the top of the world as Mauro Caviezel. In 2011, Gino’s older brother was in a wheelchair after a total knee injury and a serious shoulder injury. Although a doctor at the time predicted that he would never be able to play competitive sports again, the 31-year-old struggled through heroically.

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In 2017 he was awarded bronze in the World Cup combination, in March he was able to receive the most valuable trophy of his career with the small crystal ball after the overall victory in the Super G World Cup.

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“A classic misstep”

But now the speed specialist has to accept another severe setback – Mauro suffers from an Achilles tendon tear on his left foot during a floorball game as part of his fitness training. “Mauro injured himself without any opposing influence,” says his conditioning coach Tom Jäger to BLICK. “It was a classic misstep that led to this injury.”

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Caviezel is expected to be operated on next week. A break of five months should normally be expected in the event of such an injury. In the past, Norway’s superstar Aksel Lund Svindal and our downhill hero Beat Feuz have shown that things can go faster in comparable cases.

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Svindal amazed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek almost four months after an Achilles tendon tear with the best time in downhill training, in the race he narrowly missed a medal in sixth. Feuz tore the Achilles tendon in September 2015, and in January 2016 the Emmental took second place on the Hahnenkamm descent in Kitzbühel.

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Alpine skiing: Background information on Mauro Caviezel’s injury

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