A breast cancer diagnosis, surgery and months of follow-up treatment didn’t shake Raquel Kochhann’s desire to return to rugby sevens and have a shot at a third Olympics. The 31-year-old Brazilian says the most difficult person to convince she’d be ready for a return in time for the Paris Games was her doctor.
FILE - Raquel Kochhann of Brazil competes during the women’s HSBC Rugby Sevens match between Brazil and Belgium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 31, 2024. A breast cancer diagnosis, surgery and months of follow-up treatment didn’t shake Kochhann’s desire to return to rugby sevens and have a shot at a third Olympics. FILE - Raquel Kochhann of Brazil competes during the women’s HSBC Rugby Sevens match between Brazil and Belgium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 31, 2024.
After more than 1½ years on the sidelines, initially with an injured knee and then for her cancer recovery, Kochhann reappeared for Brazil in January at the world sevens series event in Perth. She helped Brazil reach the quarterfinals in Los Angeles, played in Hong Kong and in the series finale in Madrid.
Not Kochhann. She believes she’s done the work in the gym and in her recovery to prepare her body for anything the sport can throw at her. She also received medical clearance from the team.“This phrase sounds cliché, but we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, what if we don’t have another opportunity?” she posted. “Our fate is unpredictable. An ACL injury in May 2022 turned out to be a lengthy breast cancer treatment. A lot of learning and personal growth.
“Cancer wasn’t a shock, given my family’s medical history and genetics — and it could have happened at any moment in my life,” Kochhann said in a matter-of-fact interview for. “I went through a preventive bilateral mastectomy and moved to the oncology department. I had to stop my career and went through chemotherapy to prevent the further spread of cancer.”“Even if the therapy would bring me down physically,” she says, “I kept believing I could beat this ... and I did.
Broderick, who has been coaching the Brazil women’s sevens team since just before the Tokyo Olympics, felt like he barely had the right to assess Kochhann’s comeback. Broderick always thought his playmaker would return but acknowledged there’s always the lingering doubt.
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