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Interview of the Aosta Valley woman with "Corriere della Sera", between the vaccination theme and relations with Goggia ("relations have not changed, but there is mutual respect"). Meanwhile, ANSA reports the positivity of CONI number 1, who arrived yesterday in Beijing and is now isolated in a Covid hotel.
Tuesday 1 February 2022 4 minutes reading time
They will be Olympic Games conditioned by Covid, as unfortunately has already been well understood for days with the positivity of top-level athletes such as the Austrian jumper Marita Kramer or the Norwegian cross-country skiers Heidi Weng and Simen Krueger.
This morning's news, after Undersecretary Valentina Vezzali himself had suffered the same fate in recent days, not being able to leave for China, Giovanni Malagò also tested positive. For the President of CONI, test carried out today in his hotel in Beijing, where he arrived yesterday a few days before the opening ceremony on February 4th. The Ansa agency explained that Malagò, totally asymptomatic, has been isolated and is under medical observation in a dedicated facility, where there are already other members of the IOC.
THE WORDS OF BRIGNONE
Federica Brignone expressed her opinion on the vaccine theme in these hours. She gave an interview to "Corriere della Sera" a few hours after her departure for Yanqing, where from Monday 7 February she will go hunting for medals with the inaugural giant.
Underlining the mental spurt made in recent years, however she was followed by a mental coach since 2015, the year of her first CdM victory in Soelden, the Aosta Valley champion who has just returned from the triumph in the Garmisch super-g was frank, as usual. “I am vaccinated, even if I am not in favor - his words to Corriere - The Olympics are too important, therefore zero controversy. I want to go to China just to ski and try to win ”.
To a specific question about Sofia Goggia, who also in recent weeks had emphasized how her relations with Federica had changed (for the better), Brignone retorted. “Ah yes, did he say so? Good for her. For me they have not changed, we are two people with opposite characters. We can very well live together if there is mutual respect. For my part yes, at this moment even more.
You have to take off your hat in front of his performance, I also told him. She is a great athlete, then human discourse is something else ".
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