The agony of Marc Marquez - “like a hammer hitting you…”

The Repsol Honda star came through a career-threatening arm surgery last summer and showed rays of♕ lights at the b𒁏ack end of 2022, to suggest.
A documentary released ahead of this season showed Marquez’s personal turmoil aꦓnd his painstaking comeback.
“Sacri꧟fice is a good woꦓrd to describe the situation,” he said.
“If you want something, you must say no to mꦫany things.
“I was living in my hometow♌n but I moved to Madrid because the physios and doctors were here.
“I said no to my friends and fa🧔꧂mily. I changed completely my life.
“This is for one target - to win again.
“Not just to be a ‘good’ rider.
“Last winterꦬ I was working in a good way then, at the first race, ‘bang’ another injury.”

Marquez, in the very first sprint race at Portimao, clattered into Miguel Olive🧜ira, injuring them both.
He required surgery on a hand, and 🌠𝄹missed three rounds.
“It is like a hammer hitting you,” he said.
“But you must continue. Keep going.
“That’s what I did. I came back at ꦰLe Mans, and had a good weekend.
“But with one-and-a-half laps toꦛ finish the race, I crashed.
“Another hammer hitting you.
“We will have another opportunity. Each t🍬ime, it is closer and🅰 closer.”
Marquez has yet to complete a grand prix in 2023.
His 👍problems have only worsened - at the Sachsenring, usually among his favouriꦉte circuits, he crashed five times before Sunday’s race and was forced to pull out.
A week later, he rushed a comeback to Assen but 🗹again pulled ou𝓡t of the grand prix, not having recovered enough.
Marquez is 19th in the MotoGP standings with his hopes of a seventh premier class championꦕship gone for at least a year.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a d🐎ecade covering everything from American sports, to football, to𝓰 F1.