Martin-Luis Walch: After another cruciate ligament tear-the fighter does not give up!

Martin-Luis Walch: After another cruciate ligament tear-the fighter does not give up!

St. Anton, Österreich - drama on the edge of the slopes! The talented skier Martin-Luis Walch from Vorarlberg has once again suffered a difficult fate: just less than eleven months after his first serious injury, in which he tore the cruciate ligament, the 21-year-old caught it again. During training in St. Anton, Walch injured his left knee and contracted a cruciate ligament tear and a meniscus injury. The cheerful view of a successful European Cup season and the Junior World Cup was destroyed at lightning speed when he was injured again on December 29 and had to be operated on in Innsbruck immediately. According to the Kronen Zeitung he is now forced to be out of the race for months.

Walch, who had only painstakingly recovered from his previous injury at the beginning of the year, was only back on the skis on August 27th. After intensive training in Canada, the joy of his return should be rewarded well. But the injury stiff struck again, and the left knee was again affected. The young athlete, often lovingly referred to as "Malu", stated that the message hit him strongly, but he was determined: "Of course it was a big shock and difficult to cope with at the beginning. But now I had a lot of time to think about it and I will do everything I can to fight back again." This combative attitude is also evident in the support of his head sponsor, the Vorarlberg fruit juice manufacturer Rauch, who wants to extend the contract with the athlete prematurely despite the renewed break, as the reported.