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written by Thomas Niggl for Tages Anzeiger
Viktor Röthlin had two pulmonary embolism and a heel operation to go through. "Hardly any other athlete would be" after such serious setbacks came back again, "says the renowned sports doctor Heinz Bühlmann.
And certainly not as 35-year-old, "he continues. The medical officer of Martina Hingis once had also been in charge of the pros of the Grasshoppers and FC Zurich. Also in the athletics scene in Zurich has made his experience. He was for years the Swiss national squad doctor was. "My last appearance in 1991 I had at the World Championships in Tokyo," he recalls.
Werner Günthör had time after his European Championship gold in Stuttgart in Japan's second "won a total of three world titles, says Bühlmann. He draws the same comparison to Röthlin. , "Verny was also" mentally strong as an ox, he recalls. He was just on the point as Röthlin peak access them. Bühlmann is momentarily in Budapest, where he presents his book "The Secret of Tennis."
Röthlin cools from the freezer
But the Athletics, the physician and author is still fascinated. On 18 August he was invited to the meeting in Zurich as a world-class guest of honor. "The marathon is probably the most brutal competition that it exists at all," says Bühlmann. Röthlin be with his willpower and an absolute role model for all other sports. "In his example does every professional, which is mentally and physically at all possible," he explains. "Röthlin bite and can suffer," praises Bühlmann. Röthlin Preparation of Barcelona had been exemplary.
He maintains the details. His arm-warmers, which he has thrown away after four kilometers come frozen from the freezer, "white Bühlmann. Under his jersey he carry chocolate-large cooling elements. With that he can "keep his body temperature as long as possible deep, explained the physician. This trick had applied some racing in the Tour de France. The Velorennfahrer pushed the ice mainly on the neck.
Even Federer has recovered from two serious illnesses
"For me, one of the greatest athletes Röthlin that Switzerland had ever", so Bühlmann. Of the world's only current athlete is Roger Federer as strong as Röthlin. Federer has recovered once from Pfeiffer's glandular fever and a severe lung infection. "Switzerland is proud of these two world stars to be," says Bühlmann. (Tagesanzeiger.ch / News Network)
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