Smart move for anyone enduring chronic infections. A couple of generations ago the prevailing practice was to take them out for kids at the earliest sign of repeated illness, then the pendulum swung the other way. I had to beg to get mine out at 23 and the surgeon said they were like green cottage cheese, rotting from the inside out.
But is he going to get his Achilles tendons replaced?
He is saying in one of his interviews that he is excited to see how his achilles will behave in the next couple of weeks, so maybe he isn’t fully sure it’s totally healed..?
As an American in my 30s, it blew my mind when I found out that the rest of the world doesn't get their tonsils taken out as children. Literally everyone I grew up with got their tonsils removed at some point. Apparently it's even less common in the US now than it was when I was a kid too.
Removed tonsils, Months of specific running related training due to achilles issues including a spring marked by a lack of recovery due to the verdict against his father Gjert.
And people think that Jakob is finished. If other elite runners (none mentioned, none forgotten) had been in the same position as Jakob, they would have slept in fetal position in bed, and not made it to the Olympics in the first place.
With all this behind him, I am more confident that Jakob has future victories to look forward to in the coming years.
As an American in my 30s, it blew my mind when I found out that the rest of the world doesn't get their tonsils taken out as children. Literally everyone I grew up with got their tonsils removed at some point. Apparently it's even less common in the US now than it was when I was a kid too.
what blows my mind is how unhealthy these kids were. I've never had the slightest issue with throat infections, except strep once. My tonsils are fine, if there is such a thing.
Maybe doctors wised up and started focusing on immunity instead of blaming body parts.
When I was 6, I was constantly getting sick and missing school because of tonsilitis. The recovery after surgery was pretty painful, but it was worth it. Ever since, I only get sick once every two years or so.
If it helps him stay healthy, that would have a bigger effect than anything. If it clears his air flow, that is a significant bonus, worth quite a bit in a race. The improvement from losing 4 grams is insignificant and far outweighed by daily weight fluctuation.