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Michela Moioli, waiting after big scare. But confidence grows

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Climate of anticipation but also apprehension for Michela Moioli, ready to make her Olympic debut on the slopes of Livigno in the women’s XC. For Michela, the one in Milan Cortina 2026 represents her fourth participation in the Olympic Games. On Wednesday the athlete from Alzano fell during a training session, not because of her own mistake but because of a smear by the competitor ahead of her. In the impact, our carrier sustained some bruises to the face.

Aldo SeghedoniTerrible fall for the champion, fans dumbfounded. Photo

Terrible fall for champion, fans muffled
Big scare during the slopestyle final at the Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina
During her second run, Megan Oldham crashed into the snow
In the violent impact she broke her rackets and also lost her skis
Unfortunately Megan Oldham was not hurt: this is the'important
The fans who were watching the race were speechless after the crash
Megan Oldham fell and rolled several meters before stopping
Doctors gave her first aid but fortunately there'was no serious injury

After falling in the second run, Oldham did not give up. In the third and final attempt she put together a series of very clean tricks
The run earned her a score of 76.46, enough to earn the bronze medal
This is the first Olympic medal for the Newmarket-born Canadian champion
Mathilde Gremaud won the gold medal, Eileen Gu the silver and Megan Oldham the bronze

A hospital examination immediately after the accident revealed a facial injury that, barring complications, should not prevent her from being at the start on Friday. The Bergamasque star will observe a day of rest and will undergo a new checkup by the FISI Medical Commission, scheduled for both Thursday evening and Friday morning, just before the start of the race. As the hours go by, however, confidence is growing, according to what is leaking out.

First ever Olympian in the history of Italian snowboard cross and with three World Cups in her trophy cabinet (2016, 2018 and 2020), in March 2025 on the snow of the Engadine, Moioli also won the 2025 World Championships’rainbow gold, the last missing title in her collection.

Space champion and twinkling star in the international firmament, she also has six other world podiums on her palmarès, in addition to the silver won in Beijing 2022 in the mixed team paired with Omar Visintin. She hails from Bergamo like great friend Sofia Goggia and, with the skier, shares a soccer faith for Atalanta and the drive to restart after a fall or a bad injury.

Alessandro Haemmerle, in the men&#8217s snowboard cross event, crossed the finish line ahead of everyone, repeating the gold medal he already won four years ago in the Beijing 2022 edition. The Austrian in the big final sprinted ahead of Canada&#8217s Eliot Grondin at the finish line, with Jacob Dusek, another Austrian, third and climbed to the bottom step of the podium with the bronze medal around his neck. Best of the Italians, Lorenzo Sommariva, eighth after the elimination suffered in the semifinals and fourth place in the Small Final. And who at the end of the test did not hide some disappointment.

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