{"id":378094,"date":"2025-12-29T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/378094\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:46:10","slug":"eli-iserbyts-career-at-serious-risk-as-recovery-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/378094\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli Iserbyt\u2019s career at serious risk as recovery stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit unfortunate that we can\u2019t bring better news, but in reality there has been little change in Eli\u2019s situation,\u201d Mettepenningen <a href=\"https:\/\/sporza.be\/nl\/2025\/12\/28\/dreigt-einde-carriere-voor-eli-iserbyt-hopelijk-heeft-hij-nog-de-moed-om-het-mirakel-te-laten-gebeuren~1766931074942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said to Sporza<\/a>. \u201cThe tests have been done at UZ Gent, now we have to wait and see how the specialists assess the situation. It\u2019s waiting, waiting, waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the uncertainty drags on, speculation has started to emerge about the possible consequences for the 28-year-old\u2019s career. Is this the end for one of the most successful Belgian riders of his generation? Mettepenningen is not too optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly don\u2019t want to say that it will definitely become a dramatic situation, but we also shouldn\u2019t be overly positive. Let\u2019s hope that Eli finds the courage for a miracle to happen and that things still turn out well. But it will be a difficult story,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>There is no clear timeline for recovery, and no certainty a recovery will happen either. The only thing is clear is that we will not see him on the mud this season. \u201cHis season is certainly lost, and the summer will also be very difficult. You never know,\u201d he added, before striking a slightly more hopeful note. \u201cTop athletes always recover faster than ordinary people. Maybe things will turn around quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s a bit unfortunate that we can\u2019t bring better news, but in reality there has been little change&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,124089,203743,203744,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-378094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-cyclocross","12":"tag-eli-iserbyt","13":"tag-jurgen-mettepenningen","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}