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“It was a life-threatening situation,” says Jolanda Neff of her fall in training.
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Keystone
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The accident happens in the United States.
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AFP
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She spent three days in the hospital.
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fresh focus
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Is it enough for Neff to prepare well for the Summer Olympics?
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Christmas together with her Luca in his US home North Carolina? Not for Jolanda Neff. She doesn’t sit comfortably in front of a Christmas tree, but lies in the hospital.
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Your fall in training on December 22 has serious consequences: «My spleen is still in my body, but it no longer works. Doctors had to occlude an artery to stop bleeding. The organ will remain in my body, but it has died, ”says Neff after her three-day stay in hospital and before returning to Switzerland next week.
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You can live without a spleen, but the organ is important for the immune system. With the physical strain of competitive athletes, the immune system often reaches its limit even without a spleen injury.
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Stress break at the beginning of an Olympic year
To make matters worse for the woman from Eastern Switzerland, the artery occlusion has to keep her blood pressure as low as possible for three months. “If the artery ruptured, it would result in internal bleeding and another emergency operation.”
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Jolanda Neff knows that she was lucky in misfortune. “I am so grateful for the care I received from my partner and his parents,” she says. After all, your friend Luca knows very well what is at stake. Because he is a top mountain biker himself – in contrast to the cross country specialist Jolanda, however, in the downhill division.
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Three months of stress break at the beginning of an Olympic year. This is a tough test of patience for Neff. And a question mark as to whether the preparation time is enough for the season highlight in Tokyo from the end of July.
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