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The World Cup holder, fresh from the success in Val di Fassa, talked about herself in the Eurosport study with Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi. "I will not do the slalom in Are: it's a pity the season ends soon, I have found my ski for a month and a half".
Monday 1 March 2021 5 minutes reading time
With an open heart, always saying what he thinks. Federica Brignone spoke, the day after having seized the first pearl of a season that was anything but simple after the triumphs of 2019/2020, during the Eurosport broadcast dedicated to winter disciplines, "Polygon 360".
With Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi, the Aosta Valley champion tackled various issues, starting with the record signed yesterday in Val di Fassa, given that the success in the super-g on the "VolatA" means that a certain Deborah Compagnoni and a curious record, that is the oldest blue winner (not even 31 years old) in alpine skiing when her mother, Ninna Quario, was the youngest in the history of our movement, at just over 17.
“Various factors link me to Deborah, from the skiman Mauro Sbardellotto who also followed her for most of her career, to our own manager Giulia Mancini. She is a very reserved woman, I admire her a lot also for this ".
Fede went into the details of what happened in the last period, with that first victory of the season that he didn't want to arrive. "It was frustrating, because from mid-January I was back fast in training, at the beginning of the season I got podiums when I was skiing much worse - explained the World Cup holder - This success will not change everything, but I'm happy to have put all the pieces together. of the puzzle and having skied also in competition as in training and as I think I can constantly do ”.
Was the fall in mid-December in Val d''Isère conditioning? “I had this pain in my leg for a while, but I had a lot of small physical problems in my career so it wasn't that. At the level of material set-up nothing has changed compared to last year, but since autumn I started to struggle and certainly a bit of conditioning was linked to the stress for the Covid situation, also for what happened outside of our races that we can only thank for having done. My expectations were very high because I am a perfectionist, but I can say that until January 31st it was still my second best season. Then came the World Cup ... ”.
A painful chapter, Cortina 2021: "I don't like to talk about luck or bad luck, but it really turned out badly at the World Championships - explains Federica - From the giant exit when I was skiing hard, to the exit after three combined gates on an ice where I could have done very well. In super-g I skied really badly for those conditions, which were a bit different than what I found four days later in the combined. At times, however, I think I have shown that I am competitive for medals ”.
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