Chagaev surgery successful!
Wednesday, July 2 2008
WBA world champion remains optimistic
Over the weekend, WBA heavyweight champion world champion Ruslan Chagaev underwent surgery to repair the torn achilles tendon in his left ankle. The operation, performed in Straubing (Bayern) by Dr. Tomas Buchhorn, the surgeon for the German national soccer team, was deemed successful. Yesterday, Chagaev was taken to the rehabilitation Centre of DFB physiotherapist Klaus Eder located in Donaustauf. Chagaev suffered the injury last week at the Universum Gym in Hamburg during his last sparring session before his rematch scheduled for this Saturday against former world champion Nikolai Valuev.
"A huge shock," was how Chagaev described the moment when he was informed of the severity of his injury. "At first I had hoped that with a pain-killing injection and having it wrapped with some tape, there would be no problem, but then the doctor informed me of the results from the CT-scan," he said. "I couldn't sleep afterwards. On the one hand because of the pain, but also because I'm concerned about the future."
Since the operation was successful and went without complications, Chagaev plans to enter an intensive rehabilitation program and believes his goal to defend his title again in 2008 is realistic. "I'm grateful to the doctors and my team at Universum. They've done everything possible and now it's up to me to be back on my feet as soon as possible. All the forecasts have me back in the ring by the end of the year," stated the optimistic champion.
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