It has always been said, and it is true as a temple, that injuries are the bitterest face of the sport. And quite revealing was precisely the face he put on Esther Guerrero just before crossing the finish line to finish the 1,500-meter dash at the state outdoor athletics championships. She was the main favorite to revalidate the title and had it all in her face to get it, but in the last straight it was clear that she had been hurt. Gestures, expression. Everything changed in a jiffy. He would end up hanging the bronze, but the medal was one of the most bittersweet in his career. And expensive, too, because he has to pay a very high price. The diagnosis, just a few days later, spoke of a complete rupture of the common tendon of the femoral biceps with the semitendinosus. It was March 2nd when I had to press the pause button without having the faintest idea when it could be put back on. Almost two months later, the recovery is on track but there is still work to be done. However, for his head, and also that of his closest environment, the idea of competing again without, for a long time, giving up the outdoor season is floating.
Social media was the channel chosen by Guerrero to explain what injury he was suffering from and how he was feeling at the time. He has continued to use them in recent weeks to show their improvement. An upward trend. Images and videos where she is seen by physiotherapists and recoverers. But also running, which is one of the most important steps he has taken so far. It’s rolling and that’s already what. However, the desire to return ipso facto to high-level competition does not yet pass through his mind. At the moment, he has had to endure not being able to be in the Belgrad World Cup, held from 18 to 20 March. He had other things on his hands. And so it goes, because this coming May 4 will undergo the last – if all goes well – control resonance. A key test to determine your fitness and how your injury is. It will then be time to see how the next few months face each other and whether there are options to compete again with certain guarantees. Not just to prevent a relapse, but to get certain results.
If the progression is still the right one, it could reach the state of June or run the European Championship in August
The most optimistic forecasts place the championship ofSpain of outdoor athletics, which will host Nerja –Malaga– from 24 to 26 June, as his hypothetical return to the slopes. This is marked on the calendar. But nothing is certain for sure. First, the next resonance needs to have a favorable verdict. Then the pains must go away, they must heal properly and they must be able to run, to a certain level, without suffering. And then it’s time to get back in shape. It seems hard to catch the version of the first two months of the year as well. A Staten Island, New York, won the 1,500 race in early February with a time of 4.11.87. It is an example of how he launched the banyolina in 2022, for now far but far from its peak of form.
At least the positive part is that recovery is on track. During this time he has been in the hands, among other professionals, of doctors Balius i Brotonsapart from working day in and day out with Machines, his usual physiotherapist. This has allowed him, now at the end of April, to be able to run again. It does this at an intermediate pace, without forcing too much machinery. You will get it if in the next few days the sensations are favorable and, above all, if the doctors give you the go-ahead. If all goes well, whether or not it reaches the Nerja state, the great hope is to have enough arguments to compete in theMunich European Championship, from the 15th to the 22nd of August. Those are big words. And of course, Esther Guerrero certainly doesn’t miss it. However, she is the first to know that in order to run, and to do it very quickly, sometimes you have to go slowly.
