Wamp wamp. Oh Evan Bates...Oh boo! The last thing a skater wants to hear is that they have an Achilles Tendon injury. That's not an easy thing to come back from.
But don't loose hope...the same thing happened to Hongbo Zhao...he went on with partner Xue Shen to win an Olympic Bronze Medal, another World Title, and of course an Olympic Gold Medal.
Six months the doctor says he has to be off the ice. Do the math...if you start counting from today, he makes his return to the ice March 30th...three days after the conclusion of the World Championships in Tokyo. Bummer.
So basically it's the end of the season for Evan and Emily, and it never even started. "It’s very disappointing," Bates told the Detroit Free Press. "We had just made this coaching change, and we were getting a lot of positive feedback and looking forward to this season. Nothing I can do now except sit here."
And just sitting in Ice Dance is never a good thing when you have lots of teams already nipping at your heels including Maia and Alex Shibutani, Chock and Zuerlein, and Madison and Keiffer Hubbell.
At least Evan is being positive; "We’ll be stronger for it."
Oh better days...
UPDATE: Evan updated his Twitter followers this morning: "I had surgery to repair my achilles yesterday and docs said it was extremely successful. Thanks to all who have messaged me their support!"
4 comments:
that is REALLY unfortunate. wow...and, at the beginning of the season!? he must have really been pushing hard, or didn't warm up into his practice enough. i feel bad for him.
that being said, i'm even MORE sad that my favs NavBomm have retired. boo-hiss!
And I was SOOOO looking forward to the positive effects of the coach change !!!
Hope Emily is having proper mental support. How devastated she must be feeling to know that her blades had caused the freak accident ....
This is terrible! I really like these two, and I'm not even American. I thought there free dance was one of the most moving at the Olympics and I was looking forward to watching them this year. Boo!
I'm bummed because they are one of my fave teams. Evan did just update on Twitter that the surgery was very successful so hopefully the hiatus wont be quite as long.
Fingers crossed.
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