Before comeback against Andreas Döbeli
Reichmuth stronger than ever despite the cold
No other top wrestler had to endure as much pain as Pirmin Reichmuth in recent years. And now the preparation for his comeback is not going as hoped.
Published: 07/09/2022 at 00:39
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Updated: 8:57 a.m
Pirmin Reichmuth has had to cope with many severe setbacks. He always did this with flying colours. Between 2014 and 2018 he was tied back by three cruciate ligament tears on his right knee, but the 1.98 meter long, 130 kilo heavy giant triumphed in 2019 in an outstanding manner on the Brünig. In the same year, he finished third at the Swiss Confederation on his doorstep.
Four cruciate ligament tears in six years
Since then, however, this huge talent has not competed. After all wreath festivals were canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, Reichmuth was thrown back in spring 2021 by the fourth cruciate ligament tear. This time it caught his left knee. “If it had caught my right knee again, I would have had to end my career because there would have been no spare parts for the operation on this side.”
But now that his doctors have mastered the new intervention with ease, the fighter from Central Switzerland is now about to make his fifth major comeback. On Sunday he will join forces with the local confederate Andreas Döbeli in the Aargau Cantonal. The expectations in Central Switzerland are huge before this course. “Pirmin has made an outstanding impression in the last few weeks in the wrestling training sessions,” enthuses Obwalden wrestler legend Gregi Rohrer (3-time Swiss Confederate). Reichmuth’s fitness trainer Tommy Herzog also exudes a lot of confidence: “Pirmin is an absolute perfectionist. And during the time when he had to rest his knee, he trained his upper body all the more intensively. That’s why I rated him physically even more than three years ago.”
Cold before returning to Aargau
But it would not fit his crazy biography if everything went smoothly for Reichmuth in the immediate preparation for the showdown in Aargau. The 27-year-old has had a bad cold for a few days. However, there is no unrest in the Reichmuth clan. “I’m pretty sure that this cold is a good omen for Pirmin,” says Tommy Herzog, who, in addition to Reichmuth, also grinds King Christian Stucki and Andreas Döbeli in the strength and endurance area. Herzog’s reasoning: “If Pirmin were top fit these days, he would be racking his brains about his opponents all the time. Exactly that is not the case now because he has to see that he can beat this cold. And I’m sure he’ll be able to do that by Sunday.”