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On October 9, Swiss World Cup racer Niels Hintermann introduced his most cancers prognosis throughout a press convention. The 29-year-old downhill and super-G athlete is not going to compete in the course of the 2024/25 season.
Hintermann opened the press convention by sharing his prognosis of lymph node most cancers, a revelation that deeply shocked him. Medical doctors found the most cancers throughout a routine medical examination final week.
Probabilities of Restoration
Throughout the press convention, Hintermann mentioned, “The possibilities of restoration are excellent; it is extremely properly beneath management, though it’s a uncommon kind of most cancers.” The medical doctors are optimistic about Hintermann returning to ski racing after his therapy and rehabilitation.
“The physician reassured me that there was no hazard to life,” Hintermann mentioned.
Now he awaits two cycles of chemotherapy and two weeks of radiation therapy. “The goal is to eradicate the unhealthy cells fully,” SwissSki’s Alpine physician and Chief Medical Officer, Walter O. Frey, defined in the course of the press convention.
Shock discovery
Hintermann just lately returned to Switzerland after a ski coaching camp in South America with the Swiss nationwide crew. The coaching went properly for the Swiss racer who gained the final World Cup downhill of the 2023/24 season in Kvitfjell, Norway.
Nonetheless, his world turned the other way up abruptly after he arrived in Switzerland and underwent a routine medical examination. Instantly, sports activities had been now not the precedence, Hintermann shared in the course of the press convention.
The Solely Essential Battle
“Sadly, we see as soon as once more how unpredictable and unplannable life is. The prognosis is, and stays, stunning. Nonetheless, I’m infinitely grateful that the sort of most cancers could be very curable and that I can rely on the nice assist of my spouse, my household, the sponsors, the affiliation, and, after all, my medical doctors. We’re all pulling collectively, which can give me the energy to beat this troublesome time. Now it’s time to survive the one necessary battle,” Hintermann mentioned in a SwissSki assertion on October 9.
Bodily Train Essential
Throughout the press convention, Swiss crew physician Frey said it’s important for Hintermann to remain bodily lively inside a framework that may work for him in the course of the upcoming therapy course of:
“Train and sport are medicines, even for most cancers,” Physician Frey said.
The physician defined that fatigue is a probable consequence of the therapy. Nonetheless, Hintermann mentioned he hopes to get off the bed and be lively even on the heavy days.
After the press convention, the Swiss crew physician informed Blick.ch that two issues will assist Hintermann: Primarily, that he goes into chemotherapy with a really robust physique, and secondly, his character as a prime athlete will assist him battle when the going will get robust.
Great Lives
Hintermann, who married this summer time, first considered his spouse, household and pals when he acquired the most cancers prognosis. “Then you definitely understand how great our lives are, that we are able to concentrate on issues comparable to sports activities,” he mentioned in the course of the press convention.
Hintermann stays constructive and hopes to as soon as once more prepare with the Swiss nationwide crew subsequent August, in accordance with Blick.ch.
“So far as will be foreseen, and if the whole lot goes in accordance with plan, we firmly hope that Niels will probably be again at full energy within the 2025/26 season,” Physician Frey mentioned within the SwissSki assertion.
Profession
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Hintermann has gained gained two downhill and one alpine mixed World Cup competitions to this point in his profession. Final season, he positioned within the prime 10 in 4 World Cup downhills. The velocity skier has 100 World Cup begins, the bulk in downhill, 4 begins within the World Championships, and one within the Olympics.
Ski Racing Media needs Niels Hintermann all the most effective for his therapy and restoration.
Sources: SwissSki, Blick.ch, fis-ski.com
