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Olympic Games: the snowboard cross champion from Bergamo chosen by CONI, who had already been nominated for the closure on February 20, to lead the tricolor delegation in Beijing. Michela: "I will play this role thinking of Sofia". Meanwhile, Breezy Johnson's very heavy renunciation arrives: a serious problem with the cartilage of the knee.
Tuesday 25 January 2022 5 minutes reading time
Now it's official, after the advances already arrived in the morning.
Michela Moioli will be Italy's standard-bearer at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, for the opening ceremony scheduled for February 4th. The President of CONI, Giovanni Malagò, after having talked about it with Sofia Goggia and with the number 1 of the FISI, Flavio Roda, made this decision given the rehabilitation process undertaken by the Olympic champion in downhill, after the injury occurred in the super g of Cortina.
Subsequently Malagò informed the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella of the change of standard bearer, who on 23 December had handed over the Tricolor to Sofia Goggia. The Head of State, appreciating the choice of Michela Moioli as the new standard bearer, sent a message of good wishes for a speedy recovery to Sofia herself through the president of CONI. "I cheer for her," said Mattarella. CONI reserves the right to appoint a standard bearer for the closing ceremony scheduled for February 20 in the coming weeks, given that Moioli himself should have filled that role. "I am very happy that Michela has been nominated - said Goggia - I remember a sentence from her about the desire to carry the flag that she confided in me in 2018. We spoke to each other in these hours, she told me that she will carry it with equal pride, I'm happy she is the one to do it, also considering the "friendship that binds us".
“I am sorry for what happened to Sofia - Moioli's words - It is as if this baton was being passed on to me. Thinking about you too, I will play this role with great honor, also thanking CONI for the trust. I am happy, a bit bitter for Sofia, because I am sorry for what happened and it did not take, but the role that I was assigned fills me with pride ".
JOHNSON WAIVERS
Meanwhile, important news arrives regarding a renunciation that, in particular for the Olympic descent of next February 15, the one that Sofia Goggia dreams of, can shift some balances.
Breezy Johnson officially announced her resignation for Beijing, who had already had to skip the last two weekends of speed, between Altenmarkt-Zauchensee and Cortina, for a first fall in training (at Passo San Pellegrino before the Austrian stage) then repeated on trial at the Duke of Aosta, last Friday on the Olympia delle Tofane, which caused her a knee cartilage problem. A blow that means goodbye to his second Olympics, after starting this season in a great way with three second places behind Goggia himself. “All I wanted was to come back stronger and faster than 2018 to play for the gold medal - Breezy wrote on social media - It's not realistic and smart to compete in these conditions, I could only do more damage.
I have many goals for the next 4 years and I want to have a new Olympic chance in 2026 ”.
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