Ill in September
“Lost a lot of weight”: Kindl fights for comeback
Wolfgang Kindl, who has been suffering from Pfeiffer's glandular fever, wants to return to the luge at the end of October. As the Austrian Luge Federation announced on Tuesday, the World Champion and Olympic medal winner has already started a light recovery program.
The ÖRV team has now traveled to Sigulda in Latvia, where seven days of training including material tests are scheduled. On October 23rd, the team will switch to the German tracks in Altenberg, Winterberg and then Oberhof.
In mid-September, Kindl complained of severely swollen lymph nodes as well as neck and movement pains. During examinations, he was diagnosed with Pfeiffer's glandular fever. The 36-year-old is now on the road to recovery.
A start has been made
"The liver values are still slightly elevated, but the swelling of the spleen and liver has decreased significantly. This has given me the go-ahead for light training, it's nothing more than exercise therapy, but at least it's a start," reported the Tyrolean.
He has lost four kilograms in weight in recent weeks "and a corresponding amount of muscle mass". "It will take time for me to regain my old strength." The World Cup start for the artificial track lugers is scheduled for the end of November in Lillehammer. The Austrians will complete the last tests before that in Innsbruck-Igls.
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