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Federica Brignone drastic about her own future

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After the very strong emotions of the last few days in Milan Cortina, with the two unexpected Olympic gold medals that came ten months after the very serious leg injury, results that made an already incredible career legendary, Federica Brignone allowed herself a moment of cold-minded reflection. The Aosta Valley Tiger spoke at a press conference at Casa Italia about how she overcame this seemingly impossible challenge and what fans and insiders can expect from her in the immediate future.

“I wanted to prove to myself that I would be able to do something that seemed unfeasible –she said.

-With an accident like that you ruin your leg, it is inevitable, but just the very idea of taking on an impossible challenge motivated me enormously. There are things we cannot control, but we can always decide how to react. If I had reacted badly on April 3, probably the operation would not have gone well and maybe I would not have been here, or maybe I would never have walked properly again”.

Francesco LuciveroAll the Azzurri medals in Milan Cortina 2026: photos

Francesca Lollobrigida won two golds in speed skating, in the women’s 3,000 and 5,000 meters.
Splendid gold also for the mixed relay of the short track (Confortola, Betti, Fontana, Nadalini, Sighel and Spechenhauser).
Marion Oberhofer and Andrea Vötter took the lead in the women’s luge.
Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner, on the other hand, won the men’s event, also in the luge.
Federica Brignone gave strong emotions, winning two golds (Super-G and giant) ten months after her serious accident.
With the'gold won on Sunday, February 15, Lisa Vittozzi gave the first Olympic success to the Italian biathlon.
Double podium positions for the Azzurri in the men’s downhill: Giovanni Franzoni silver, Dominik Paris bronze.
Dorothea Wierer, Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer and Lisa Vittozzi won silver in the 4×6 km mixed biathlon.
Michela Moioli and Lorenzo Sommariva were awarded the silver medal for second place in the team snowboard cross.
Sofia Goggia won the bronze medal in the women&#039s downhill, capturing another Five Circles laurel.
Also Lucia Dalmasso celebrated a bronze, in snowboarding, finishing third in the women’s parallel giant slalom.
In a crazy edition for the Italian luge, Dominik Fischnaller’s bronze in the men’s individual race is also recorded.
Bronze also for the Italian figure skating team (Rizzo, Grassl, Gutmann, Conti, Macii, Guignard and Fabbri).
Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner confirmed themselves on the Olympic curling podium, winning bronze in the mixed doubles.
Another Italian luge medal is the bronze medal of the mixed relay (Hofer, Vötter, Oberhofer, Fischnaller, Rieder and Kainzwaldner).
Michela Moioli also found a medal in the individual: excellent bronze for her, recovering from a bad fall in training.
Davide Graz, Elia Barp, Martino Carollo and flag bearer Federico Pellegrino cheered for the splendid bronze in the men’s cross-country relay.

“The biggest challenge is to face your fears, to be able to do things that scare you – added Brignone, who with the two golds won in Milan Cortina 2026 has reached five Olympic medals, with a silver in Beijing 2022 and two bronzes in Pyeongchang 2018 and again in Beijing -. Maybe it also helped me that the Olympic area was closed: only people from the environment, only those who respect our spaces. It allowed me to be really focused on the’goal”.

On what will happen next, Brignone is crystal clear: “I have to go back to J-Medical to see how I am and what my chances are to continue the season. Right now the’idea of continuing is my screen for everything else that I don&#8217t want to deal with. I will try to protect myself with racing and life as an athlete, which is my biggest protection”.

“I will have to go back under the knife, but it still takes time– he explained further. “I am not ready to remove the plaque. My sporting challenge would be to qualify for the World Cup finals with three races to go, but maybe when I am on the track I will say I don&#8217t feel like taking certain risks anymore. We will see what will happen”.

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