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Deborah Compagnoni thunderstruck by Federica Brignone's feat

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Being among the first to reach out to Federica Brignone and hug her after the emotions of the race that earned the Azzurra the gold medal in the Super-G at Milano Cortina 2026, Deborah Compagnoni spoke about the Aosta Valley native&#8217s incredible success, which brought Italy back;Italy on the top step of the specialty at the Olympics thirty-four years after Albertville 1992, when it was the Valtellina star who succeeded in the feat of winning the Five Circles Super-G, giving Italy its first Olympic success in the women’s Super-G.

“Federica really outdid herself – Deborah Compagnoni told Sky Sport -: she ran a flawless race, choosing every line with lucidity while many opponents were making mistakes on the bumps. Her tactical intelligence was extraordinary and the fact that she did not load herself with unnecessary pressure, after the difficult course that brought her this far, undoubtedly helped her. She did a masterpiece: seeing her come down with that confidence was exciting, because nothing was taken for granted and she turned a difficult test into a triumph”.

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Federica Brignone wins her first Olympic gold medal with an extraordinary performance.
"It's something incredible, I never thought I would win" declares the champion excited.

The skier called herself an'outsider but tried to make the fastest lines possible.
"I feel the'adrenaline running through my veins and it is a very strong emotion" tells Brignone.
A record recovery after the terrible injury on April 3 at the Italian championships.

Multifragmentary compound fracture of the tibial plateau and the head of the fibula of the left leg.
The'injury had also involved the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament.
La Tigre di La Salle completes an'extraordinary feat by returning to the world summit.
Brignone is a member of the Carabinieri Sports Center.
This is the fourth Olympic medal of the career for the champion from Valle d’Aosta.
In 2018 she had won the Olympic bronze medal in her first experience at five circles.
In 2022 she had achieved Olympic silver in giant and silver in combined.
Now she can finally boast the title of Olympic champion with this historic gold. And Mattarella also rejoices with her.

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“The comparison with my medals? So many years have passed since Albertville and Lillehammer, sooner or later someone would have replicated the feat’added the’former skier. “We have always had strong athletes but today Federica amazed everyone, especially considering the few races in her legs. At the finish line there was tension, but inside I felt that no one would improve her time. Her performance showed that talent and determination can lead to overcoming even heavy difficulties”.

Thirty-five years old last July 14, Federica Brignone was in the mix for participation in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games until just a few weeks before the opening ceremony, at which she was among other things the star as Italy&#8217s flag bearer. The one she won Thursday is her fourth Olympic medal, after two bronze medals in the Super-G in Pyeongchang 2018 and in the combined at Beijing 2022 and silver, also in Beijing, in the giant slalom.

Deborah Compagnoni, born in 1970, on the other hand, was one of the undisputed stars of Italian alpine skiing in the 1990s: there are also four of her Olympic medals, three gold (Super-G in Albertville 1992, giant in Lillehammer 1994 and in Nagano 1998) and one silver (special slalom in Nagano).

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