Touching comeback
First plagued by cancer, now No. 1 at the Olympics!
When she celebrated a 4-0 win with Germany's women's team against Austria a few days ago, it may have been a great success for her, but her greatest victory had already come before that - because Ann-Katrin Berger is not only an outstanding goalkeeper, but above all a cancer survivor! And now Berger is expected to be Germany's number 1 at the Summer Olympics in Paris ...
It would probably be the highlight of the career of the 33-year-old, who has always had to take a back seat in the national team, missing both the 2022 European Championships in England and the 2023 World Cup in Australia/New Zealand.
Two assists as goalkeeper against Austria
This time it looks better for the player who, after stints in France and England, is now playing for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the USA. It is generally expected that national coach Horst Hrubesch will opt for Berger, who impressed with her charisma and ball security (two assists as goalkeeper against Austria!).
For Berger, whose life was turned upside down in 2017 AND 2022 when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer - not just once, but twice.
"... that would be the cherry on top!"
The first time, she had to undergo a six-hour operation - and was then considered cancer-free until the summer of 2022. In her second "duel" with cancer, which she took on after the 2022 European Championships, her team of doctors opted for radioactive iodine therapy - whereby the radioactive iodine is deposited exclusively in thyroid cells and destroys them as they decay.
Just one month after completing the therapy, she was back on the pitch in the English league - and since then, things have obviously been going uphill for Berger - both health-wise and professionally. "And if I become number 1 at the Olympics, that would be the cherry on the cake!"
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