ITALY: Injured world champion figure skater Stephane Lambiel hopes to do his best despite knee injury.

Record ID: 331935

  • Title: ITALY: Injured world champion figure skater Stephane Lambiel hopes to do his best despite knee injury.
  • Date: 15th February 2006
  • Summary: TURIN, ITALY (FEBRUARY 12, 2006) (REUTERS) STEPHANE LAMBIEL ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM WIDE SHOT NEWS CONFERENCE REPORTERS AND CAMERAMEN (SOUNDBITE) (French) STEPHANE LAMBIEL SPEAKING ABOUT INJURY SUSTAINED 10 DAYS AGO: "In fact, it has nothing to do with any previous injury, it was simply when I fell on the outside of my leg, my knee was twisted and this is what caused the new injury." WIDE SHOT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) STEPHANE LAMBIEL SPEAKING: "I took part in four different practices, the first two ones were very light and simply enabled me to get back with the feeling on the ice, I increased practices and weight and I am now up to my full potential." WIDE SHOT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (French) STEPHANE LAMBIEL SPEAKING: "The Olympics are a very special time, very special conditions, and life, when you arrive in Torino, is really magic and I have the feeling of being in a Tim Burton movie, it's really extraordinary, we will try to be the best with what we have. I will try to make the best possible performance and to do well on the technical difficulties." END OF NEWS CONFERENCE
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: World champion figure skater Stephane Lambiel is still hoping to perform at a high level at the Winter Games despite injuring his right knee 12 days ago.
    "I think I can do my best with my knee and I hope that I can do that," Lambiel told a news conference on Sunday (February 12).
    "I am going to do my best with or without the injury."
    The 20-year-old Lambiel, who won a silver medal at the European championships last month, was expected to challenge favourite Yevgeny Plushenko from Russia for the Olympic gold.
    But he twisted his right knee in a practice on February 1 casting doubts on his ability to perform triple and double jump combinations.
    Lambiel, who had only just arrived in Turin, said he had endured intensive physiotherapy since his fall and had made a last-minute decision to come to the Games.
    The first outing for the Swiss will be in the short programme on Tuesday. Coach Peter Grutter said the injury could even aid Lambiel, who has made a number of careless mistakes in recent competitions due to lapses in concentration.
    He also dismissed speculation Lambiel had concocted the injury so he had a ready excuse if he failed to live up to expectations at the Games.
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