Manfred Moelgg out with tendon injury

Manfred Moelgg at the 2014 Adelboden World Cup. GEPA/Mario Kneisl

Italian technical specialist Manfred Moelgg ruptured his Achilles tendon during Tuesday’s dryland training session. According to initial reports, the 32-year-old triple World Championships medalist suffered the injury while performing a jump during training. It seems that Moelgg will have to indefinitely put on hold his preparation and might even have to miss the whole 2014-15 season.

On Wednesday evening the Italian Federation confirmed the news of Moelgg’s injury and reported that Evi Viertler from the hospital in Brunico had successfully performed a surgery to repair the injured right leg.

“It’s a real pity that this happened,” Moelgg reportedly said after the surgery. “Unfortunately the hard work done through the summer vanished in just a few minutes, I was happy and ready for the camp in Argentina. Injuries are part of our job, I am sure I’ll be back stronger than before.”

Release courtesy of FIS and FISI