Top athletes train very hard before big events and often sustain muscle injuries. How many later world champions came to you for treatment? At the last World Athletics Championships in Budapest there were significantly more than a handful. This is always the case before World Championships or the Olympic Games. Shortly before the Basketball World Cup, Dennis Schröder came to me for treatment. I was incredibly pleased that his outstanding performance led Germany to the World Cup.
You are considered a luminary worldwide. Were you ambitious as a student? No, not really. I failed once and even threatened to be expelled from school because I did so much nonsense.
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