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Federica Brignone won her Olympics but has one big regret

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Her Olympics Federica Brignone won it: few thought she would make it because of the terrible injury in April last year, but the Valle d’Aosta native smiled at the end of the downhill for the progress she showed and also looked ahead. “I am very happy with my performance today,” said the Italian, “Clearly I am not the one from last year: I do not have the same kilometers in my legs, I do not have the same confidence”.

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Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Thus ends the attempt to rewrite history by the champion. Astonished audience.
The race is immediately stopped after the fall of the American champion.
She closes in tears the dream of winning an Olympic medal at 41 years old.

Vonn aimed to overtake compatriot Breezy Johnson, in the lead up to that point.
Started with bib 13, she chooses a very high line at the'entrance of the first crossbar.
He hits a goal with his right shoulder, loses his balance and falls ruinously.

The'impact takes place on the'Olympia of the Tofane, a track where he had already triumphed twelve times in his career.
The screams of pain of the champion break the silence of Cortina.

In previous days she had revealed the complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in Crans Montana.
The'injury had occurred in the'last World Cup race before the Olympics.
The first responders arrive immediately on the track after the fall.
Vonn is immobilized and loaded onto the toboggan by rescuers.
The'helicopter transports away the American champion from the Tofane.

“The way I was even just last week, for me to do a performance like that in a home race is a lot. Now I need to calm down for a moment: all these jumps, and especially all these landings, were very powerful so I will have to give some relief to the shin and the rest” he added.

“I know that if I had arrived here in last year’s conditions it would have been different, however, I am satisfied. Today for me already being in the race was really special. I won’t be doing the Team combined,” she concluded.

Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the women’s downhill at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. On the Olympia delle Tofane behind the U.S., who finished her effort with a time of 1.36.10, was Germany’s Emma Aicher, just 4 hundredths behind, and a phenomenal Sofia Goggia (+0.59 behind the triumphant skier) who took the bronze medal.

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