the racing Cyclist Casper Folsach was, until recently, well on the way to his third OLYMPICS with the Danish banelandshold.
But the plan to run banelandsholdet gold in Tokyo was beaten in pieces, when the 26-year-old rider in the fall was diagnosed with a heart defect so the doctors recommended him to put his career on hold.
today, reckon the strong tempomaskine with, that he has run his last race at the top level.
– I am aware that I probably will never come back. The chances are very small, says Casper Folsach.
– It was a big blow to get to know, for I felt still that I developed myself and made some pretty big progress year by year. Both in 2018 and in 2019.
– It looked really good in relation to the OLYMPICS, and I saw great opportunities for myself on the track and the road, he says.
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Casper Folsach is mentally on the road ahead and today works as technical consultant for the Danish banelandshold.
the Goal is actually the same as before, just without him in the saddle, namely the OLYMPIC gold in Tokyo for the Danish riders.
– It has clearly eased the transition for me that I can be with the same people. They are also my good friends.
– It gives me a great satisfaction, that I feel that I can be a contributing factor to that, and I hope we can win the OLYMPIC gold, he says.
Casper Folsach can look back on an active career, where he for many years was a profile on baneholdet in the 4000-meter-holdforfølgelsesløb. In 2016, he was to win the OLYMPICS-bronze in Rio.
the Ambition was to make it even better next year in Tokyo, where he also was in the game to run few, who after a 12 year break is back on the olympic program in Japan.
In the few was Folsach at the beginning of 2019, the number one on The International Cykelunions (UCI) world ranking. In many ways, so all very promising for him.
in Addition to in the OLYMPICS-the plans he had on the road written contract from 2020, with the Norwegian cycling team Uno-X.
But then the strong pace rider to notice irregularities with heart. When he pressed the body to the utmost, could the pulse rise to far above it, it should.
He had tried the same in 2017, and then it was done by an operation. Casper Folsach thought he knew what hit him again in the middle of 2019.
This time, doctors could not help him. After some time got the doctors found that he had scar tissue on the heart muscle, possibly caused by a simple infection.
– During maximum physical exertion, it might cause extra heartbeat. It meant that my performance fell a lot.
– the Heart was not empty, so there wasn’t enough oxygen for the whole body to the working muscles, but also the brain. In the worst case, I could faint or get a heart attack, he says.
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An operation was too risky, and since it at the same time could cause a new scar tissue, the solution was to take a break. For an indefinite time. And most likely for always.
– I had really much motivation to continue for many years.
– also, I believe that it is possible to get back on the high level by, for example, a year’s break, if I keep myself fit and healthy and doing daily exercise.
– It is perhaps more mentally. If I am in a year has been set on, his career is over, so it can be hard to come back, explains Casper Folsach and says that scar tissue can be there the rest of his life.
After the doctors ‘ verdict, he would have to in a few days to adapt to a different life. He knew that the days should not be used at home in the couch to watch Netflix shows, as he says.
almost instantly, he was employed as a consultant for the banelandsholdet to and including the OLYMPICS.
It was possible, because Casper Folsach through his active career has been more than just plain busy tanning. He has read thick books on everything from training to diet and aerodynamics.
– The knowledge I have continually tried to implement as a rider, and it is something we at banelandsholdet not have had enough focus on. We have been lagging behind on this point compared to our main competitors.
– At the moment I no longer have a track to train and travel around to the races, so I had much more focus on the part, he explains.
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Folsach is to develop and select products, as the Danish baneryttere can use for the OLYMPICS. He is also involved in aerodynamic tests and help to optimize the riders ‘ position on the bike.
It is also not excluded, that Casper Folsach, despite the likely retirement still ends up with prokontinentalholdet Uno-X.
It may be that he is recruited in a role similar to the one he has on banelandsholdet.
– I have been very open in the process with them, and when I got a message that I could not run the race, so gave it not make sense to have a contract for the next two years.
After the OLYMPICS I am not clear in which way I should go, but I plan to be in the sport and be inside the optimization of equipment, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, and friction.
– It can also be something completely different, says Folsach.
the OLYMPICS in Tokyo will be held from 24. July to 9. august.
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