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The Aosta Valley had ruled out her presence at the next edition at home, talking to "Repubblica" about the various issues related to the Italian Games, then clarification through the FISI.
Monday 14 February 2022 4 minutes reading time
We know, Federica Brignone is always very frank in her statements, from what happened in the world parallel of Cortina, basically defined as a ridiculous race while Marta Bassino was putting the gold medal around her neck, on the hypothesis of retirement, " I don't know if you will see me next season ”, live on RAI at the end of the giant at the Lenzerheide finals.
Today there was another case linked to the Olympic vice giant champion, among other things the only blue medalist so far in Beijing 2022 for alpine skiing; already pessimistic from a combined point of view, given her downhill performance on the Yanqing track in the two tests that excluded her from the quartet for tomorrow's race, the Valle d'Aosta gave an interview to "Repubblica" which made people talk a lot , so much so that the intervention of the same federation has arrived. “The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics? They will live in a place where winter sports are at home, the Alps are fantastic and we will finally have the Olympic Games back in Europe - declared Faith - The only bad thing is that it will all be scattered. There will be no Olympic village, there will be no Olympic spirit, in Milan-Cortina there will not even be males in alpine skiing (ie men's competitions in Bormio, women's competitions in Cortina, ed).
We will each be in a different place, although from an ecological point of view it will be much better. For the Olympic spirit it will not be nice, so the desire to be there passes away ”.
A note from the FISI then reached all the media, with Brignone's words to clarify his thoughts. “After having taken part in all the races and tests in the Olympic program held up to now, with a consistency of high-level performance, I want to continue to stay focused on the next appointments that await me this week.
The Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics is a goal that any Italian skier cares about, in the cradle of winter sports that are the Italian mountains. At this moment in my career, however, I prefer to focus on the current season where I have so far won an Olympic silver medal in giant and occupy the third position in the overall standings of the World Cup. But above all, I didn't think about my possible presence in four years as an athlete, ambassador or fan in an Olympics that will pay close attention to environmental sustainability, an aspect that touches me closely. What is certain is that I will not lose Milan-Cortina 2026 for any reason in the world ".
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