02.09.2009 - 17:57 h

Peter Fill will be operated in Finland tomorrow

There’s a risk the Vice World Champion will miss out on Olympic season


Turku (Finland) - Just now the star Professor Sakari Orava has examined the Italian and decided immediately to operate tomorrow early in the morning, as several tendons of the abdominal and hamstring muscles are torn.

The world renowned expert on tendon and muscle injuries Dr. Orava, who has operated on various athletes like Marco Van Basten, Merlene Ottey, Didier Deschamps, Haile Gebrselassie, prefers not to comment on the duration of the healing process yet.

The 2009 Silver Medalist was injured on 23rd of August during the ski training in Argentina. The injury was so serious that he flew back to Europe immediately in order to get examined by a team of doctors in Milan.

This morning Peter Fill flew to Finland, together with his father, brother-in-law (also a doctor) and a doctor of the Italian Winter Sports Federation. There, after an examination it was decided that the surgery should take place urgently.



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