Soon it will be exactly one year since Petra Vlhová presented herself on the competition slope.
Photo: Pravda, Ľuboš Pilc
Petra Vlhová with her father Igor during a press conference at Bratislava Castle.
The return to home soil in Jasná ended prematurely and painfully. Knee injury, surgery and long recovery.
“There was a new situation that we had never encountered before. She was suddenly watching the World Cup from the other side – on television.
We tried to be there for her, but she mostly had to deal with it alone. Her physiotherapists helped us a lot. I said he had the most of them per square meter.
They also helped her mentally. We managed it together. It bothered Peta, but it’s the life and fate of skiing,” said Vlhova’s father Igor for myliptov.sk.
He was pleasantly surprised by the attitude of the sponsors, who did not turn their backs on his daughter during the most difficult moment of her career.
“I am very surprised that they took a responsible approach. After the injury, we needed money from sponsors for doctors, surgery, regeneration and we were in the same carousel.
Although it is not visible, because you do not perform, but you have to pay everything when you want to get up again.
I want to thank all companies for not even thinking about cutting funding. What Peta needs, he has.
We did not see a problem with the operation in Switzerland, nor with the fact that a doctor would go with the team to the training camp in Argentina. Currently, it has an absolutely professional service,” added Igor Vlha.
Twenty-nine-year-old Liptáčka will probably also have a museum at her home in Mikuláš.
“We have a plan. Twelve years into her professional career, we did something brutal. I’m not surprised the whole nation is going through this.
Although we protect our privacy, we would like to share the things and monuments we have available with the whole of Slovakia.
Let it not be closed at my cottage or in the office. It can be motivating, especially for children,” he revealed.
And Vlha also indicated whether her career is coming to an end due to injury…
“Next season are the Olympic Games, towards which we will be aiming. If Petra likes it, she can ski for many more years.
I would like her to make people happy for as long as possible. We realize that her age is shifting.
She is twenty-nine and everything depends on her. I want to see her happy again. I already miss the adrenaline and euphoria, which are brutal at the finish line.
One realized this only when she stopped skiing. I would like to see her happy a few times after the race,” concluded Vlha.
Source: sportweb.pravda.sk
