MADRID, 1 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The young Spanish athlete María Vicente, one of the main assets for the medal table in the Indoor World Championships that started this Friday in Glasgow, had to abandon the championship after suffering a complete rupture of her Achilles tendon during the high jump event of the pentathlon.
The 22-year-old from Barcelona, ??who arrived at the event with the best world record of the season, had started the competition very well after being the fastest (8.07) in the 60 meter hurdles, but she was injured in one of her attempts. the second test of the day and very quickly realized the severity.
According to the broadcast images, the Spaniard had to stop her attempt towards the bar located at 1.73 meters after noticing something in the lower part of her left leg, at the level of the Achilles tendon. “No, not me, please,” she lamented through tears before receiving medical assistance to the young athlete who shortly after confirmed in the mixed zone that she had a complete rupture of her Achilles tendon.
The Catalan indicated that she will once again put herself in the hands of Dr. Jordi Puigdellivol, who operated on her in 2022 on the rectus femoris of the quadriceps and whom she trusts “one hundred percent.” “Rest assured, I will return, I hope stronger,” he said in a video provided by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA).
The ‘combinera’ acknowledged that she had had “no prior warning” about a possible breakage. “It shocked me a lot. I put the support in and I heard a ‘crack’ and something went up. I’m still shaking, a little in ‘shock’, I know it will be harder than the last time and I can only face it with energy and as much positivism as possible. It came completely by surprise to me and that’s it,” he said.
In this way, María Vicente, who in 2022 also had to undergo surgery for a quadriceps injury, says goodbye to a very exciting 2024 with this World Cup, where she aspired to her first medal in a major absolute competition, the European Championship. Rome in June and, above all, his second Olympic Games in Paris.
