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Federica Brignone doesn’t show up at the gate but no fear

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Federica Brignone, just back from the triumphant Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, took a mini-break in Andorra: she did not show up at the gate on Thursday for the second day of practice ahead of Friday’s downhill, so as not to overload her left leg too much and thus give her best in Soldeu at the most important moment, that of the race.

Third time for Sofia Goggia in the second and final time trial ahead of the downhill that will open the World Cup stage, the first act of the World Cup stage in the Andorran resort that will be completed between Saturday and Sunday with two super-Gs.

The best time of the day was set by Austria’s Nina Ortlieb, who stopped the clock at 1’32″26, beating Switzerland’s Corinne Suter by 0″76 and Sofia Goggia by 0″82, who set the third fastest time of the day just like in the first round.

Martino DavidiFederica Brignone, the party is here! The photos of the champion with the’gold around her neck

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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Following, Laura Pirovano clocked the 13th time with a gap of 1″66 to Ortlieb, these are the impressions of the woman from Trentino: “I’m happy to be back in the race, the track is very nice and we have a weekend of good weather ahead of us: we hope to have a good race. The Olympic Games left me with very positive feelings, it was my first Olympics and I am happy to have had this experience. They put me so much desire to compete and to do more. I want to focus step by step and see how this weekend goes.”

Sisters Nicol and Nadia Delago completed the race 1″79 and 1″81 behind the leaders respectively, while Elena Curtoni posted a gap of 2″25 with Roberta Melesi in her wake at 2″40; followed by Asja Zenere at 4″21 and Sara Allemand at 4″93. Very high time for Sara Thaler, who was stopped on the track for more than two minutes following the fall of Austrian Schöpf who was ahead of her.

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