Joosje Burg Broke Her Nose a year ago and missed the Olympic Hockey Final. That hurt more than she wanted to admit. Now she has accepted it and puts a line under it for the European Championship. “I Suppressed the Sadness for Too Long.”
It didnn’t Matter where the 28-year-old burg came after the Olympic Games. Everywhere she got that one question. “How is Your Nose?”
“I got that question more of than the question” How are you? “, She says in The Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen. “I Understood it thought. It’s also sweet. But Sometimes I Thought: You should know …”
A little about a year ago, on August 7, Burg was Suddenly in the spotlight. Not because she reached the Olympic Final With The Hockey Players, But because the Attacker Unfortunately Got the Ball On Her Nose via Her Own Stick.
With a swollen face, burg initially continued playing for a while. And if it had leg up to her, she would just have played the final. But National Coach Paul van Ass Put A Stop to that. Missing the Final Hurt, More Than Burg Initial Wanted to Admit.
Burg also continued playing with a torn hamstring
When Burg Signed out of training at HC Den Bosch on a Friday Evening After the Olympic Games, It Didn’t Take Long For Her Phone to Flood with Messages and Calls.
For the usually energetic burg, Something Really Has to Be Wrong If She Signs Out, Her Teammates also Knew. Burg replied that she “Just had a mental breakdown”. But it’s not really really in the nature of the beast to really hit the Brakes.
After Paris, Burg had constant physical complaints. If it was neck, it was her knee or her upper leg. In The Warm-Up for a Cup Match in March, She Feels Something Again. She thought she could be continuously. But a little later she tore her hamstring.
Neverberness, Burg Played Another Half of the Match. “That you also think: Why?”, She now Wonders Aloud. “You go over all your limits. I knew it was nart, but at that moment I thought it would work. Exactly the same as with my nose at the games.”
Burg finds Golden Medal Becoming More Beautiful
Burgy hens to make no fog ir it: the situation surrounding her neose does not make the golden medal any less beautiful. “I already think it’s more beautiful now than a few months ago,” She Says. “And I think that feeling will only increase in the coming years and when I have stopped.”
Now Burg Feels Like Her Old Self Again. She Owes That to Her Physiotherapist, Family, Housemate, Teammates and Her Boyfriend, Whom She with Dooring the Games in Paris. But also to HC Den Bosch coach Marieke Dijkstra, national coach Raoul Ehren and the Haptonomist with whom she Spoke a lot.
“I am someone with a lot of emotions and happiness, but I was a very flat in those months,” Says Burg. “Maybe I should have raised the alarm myelf earlier, but that’s not really in me. That’s also the character that has brought me so far.”
That character is now bringing burg back to the European Championship in Mönchengladbach, where she and the hockey players are defending the European Title. Burg Mainly No Longer Wants To Be “Joosje of That Nose”. “It has to be Joosje the Hockey Player Again.”