“This trip to Dubai I am living it with great emotion, there is a lot of desire to compete after being so long without being able to do it. There is a lot of nervousness and anxiety that the moment of Gran Price. It is very rich to relive these sensations, being able to go back to the slopes and being outside the country gives it an even greater bonus ”.
The words of Mauricio Orrego just a few days ago, they realized the tremendous expectation with which he lived in the hours prior to what would be his competitive re-release this season and that it would take place in the Fazza International Championship, which starts today Wednesday in Dubai.
Hope that, however, will have to wait a while longer, after the Hualpenino’s withdrawal from athletic competition was confirmed due to physical problems. Specifically, the ailment in one of his knees was the cause of the departure of Orrego, which in this way will see his expected return to the slopes delayed for at least a month.
The motto is prevent
On January 10 he embarked Orrego bound for United Arab Emirates to begin an intense preseason, with a view to his final assault to conquer the mark that gave the tickets to the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
A long-term work that was bearing its first fruits, as his coach explains, Jorge Grosser. “He was doing very well, training at an important pace that had him on an excellent footing for this Dubái Grand Prix. I was quite strong, as I was able to find out, “said DT.
But in sports, nothing is certain and that is how the Pan-American champion experienced it firsthand, who had to lower his stride to almost zero due to an incipient injury, which incipiently removed him permanently from the contest that starts the series Grand Prix in summer 2021.
“It is a strong contracture in the tensor fascia lata (muscle that stabilizes the knee in extension) that, although it is not serious at all, must be taken care of to avoid aggravating it and becoming an injury. You cannot use nails, so the specialists there advised Dubai, where he is already treating with a kinesiologist “, he detailed Jorge Grosser.
“If they were the Olympic Games would certainly have run, just as he did in Lima 2019 where he competed injured and won the same, although after a month he was thrown without being able to move, “he added.
According to the renowned national coach, it will be up to the athlete himself to get up to be prepared in time for the next competitive challenge. “It is a difficult situation, because you lose a lot by missing an important competition and in the face of Tokyo any delay affects, but this is the sport. He must be very upset because, when they are injured, the world falls on them. But there you will see their strength to overcome setbacks, “he said. Greater.
In this way, if everything follows its normal course and the athlete’s physical evolution meets the pertinent and projected times, their reencounter with the slopes could take place in approximately one month. This within the framework of Tunis International Meeting, event that will take place between March 18 and 20.
On the occasion, Orrego will be accompanied by the Los Angeles athlete, Ignacio Sepulveda, who will travel exclusively to the event.