“Neff is injured in the hospital after a bad fall,” headlined this newspaper last December. The 27-year-old from Eastern Switzerland suffered a splenic tear, a broken rib and a collapsed lung during training in the USA.
«On a training course that was new to me, I misjudged a curve during the descent, got off the trail and finally crashed onto a pile of tree trunks over the handlebars. I immediately felt that something was wrong, »she wrote at the time.
“This is all I want”
Neff’s description sounds like a bad accident, but initially there were no pictures of it. Now Neff has published a video of her fall himself – but it doesn’t look very dramatic to the layperson. The consequences were far more dramatic, as Neff confirmed in the first episode of their new video format “JolandaLand” – a six-part film series. She still hasn’t fully recovered from this fall.
«I had broken bones before, I know how it feels. I knew right away that something was wrong, »explains Neff (see video above). Little movement was prescribed for her after the fall, it would have been scarce for her to compete in top form at the Tokyo Olympics. However, because of the Corona pandemic, the games were postponed to the coming year. This gives Neff enough time to get back in shape. But everything in order, says Neff. First «I want to get well and be able to cycle again. This is all I want.”
In her video series, Neff also gives an insight into her private life, you get to know friend Luca Shaw and how the two live and train together in Shaw’s home in North Carolina.
The first episode of «JolandaLand». (Video: Youtube / Jolanda Neff)
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