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In the Eurosport broadcast conducted by Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi, the Aosta Valley champion recounted her 20th World Cup triumph and a season full of satisfaction. And already think about the future ...
Tuesday 22 March 2022 5 minutes reading time
Still winding up, as if the season would never end and, on the other hand, on the track Federica Brignone has shown that she still has some to sell, winning the final giant of Méribel on the day of the fabulous all-blue double with Marta Bassino second.
The La Salle champion concluded the year of the two Olympic medals with the pearl number 20 in the World Cup (at the level of Italians in the winter disciplines, only Stefania Belmondo did better in history with 23 successes) and the final podium in the general. Successes that Fede recounted during "Polygon 360", Eurosport's in-depth broadcast curated by Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi: "I ended the season feeling really good physically and above all in the giant, from the Olympics onwards, I found a great feeling . There remained Méribel's chance to prove he could win in this discipline too, but when you always ski in a certain way in training, as I had been doing for some time, it is easier to repeat it in the competition.
In Lenzerheide I had woken up only in the second heat, in Are I had gone out 3 doors from the end of the first when I was in the lead. The giant turn? In reality, between summer and autumn I was skiing well, but I started with too many thoughts on my mind despite having the same material: a matter of mind and trust, then from Lienz I had already changed gear ”.
In fact, Brignone is missing only one title in a major event, with the possibility of world gold already in February 2023 right in ... Méribel. “I played in the cup finals in 2015 and, despite not being a super-g specialist yet, I finished that race in 7th place. I think I will have more chances than the Olympics in that discipline, we will see what snow there will be, but on the wet and salt-transformed one of these finals, I feel good as well as on a track like Roc de Fer which is varied and has passages. tactical (in these finals, the fast races were instead held on the “Eclipse” of Courchevel). Among other things, I remember well that Elena Curtoni and I also did some French championships when we were looking for points, I consider it a varied and beautiful competition context ".
And in general on the next season, the blue does not set limits even in terms of the World Cup: "I want to fight like every year, I think a few things will change with the calendar (starting from the inclusion of the speed opening on the Matterhorn and with the possibility of not going to Lake Louise, ed) and the combined could return, which for me would be an excellent opportunity to score podiums and points.
Now I will go to the Italian championships, three days of testing with giant skis and we are already working for the next year. Why am I always physically well and without serious injuries? Mainly I think for the hard work done and because I have always done a lot of sports since I was a child, I help a lot in addition to being strong in the upper part of the body, a situation that for example saved me with that big blow I took to Are. Moreover, it also depends on your type of skiing, see Shiffrin and Vlhova which practically never fall ”.
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