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Federica Brignone protagonist of the social event at FISI, between memories, projects and a surprise arrived from the Como hospital.
Thursday 9 April 2020 4 minutes reading time
From his home in La Salle he faced a flood of interviews in the month following his triumph in the World Cup.
Today with the FISI press office, however, was particular for Federica Brignone, among the questions of the fans and a sort of quiz to remember some numbers of her career, starting from the debut of December 28, 2007 in giant of Lienz. “It was also incredible because Denise Karbon won with Nicole Gius third. And the next day Chiara Costazza triumphed in slalom, "recalled Fede.
The Aosta Valley champion once again underlined how the turning point was spring 2015: “I changed my choices, entrusting myself to people in various areas and giving confidence to grow and think about being only an athlete at 100%. Then came the victory of Soelden ... ".
A future as a journalist like mother Ninna, who fortunately is already much better and has now fully recovered after contracting the Coronavirus? "It could also be an option," smiled Brignone who, on the now classic topic on the possibility of devoting himself more to slalom, replied that "it will depend on how much it would cost me for the other disciplines, where I am on the podium and I don't want to sacrifice anything. It amuses me and I think I can do some good races, perhaps avoiding going out twice out of three as happened this year ".
Deborah Compagnoni has only one more success than Federica (16 to 15) in the calculation of the individual World Cup races. “It is a beautiful dream and I think I still have a lot to give, I feel in the ascending phase and I think I can still win races. If I got to 5, I wouldn't be satisfied. "
Then came the surprise of the live connection with Vincenzo Tafuri, OSS at the Como hospital and a great blue fan, after discovering skiing almost by chance last January, seeing Federica win in the Altenmarkt combined. "Since then I have never lost a race and together with our colleagues we are always following you," Tafuri said, thanking the Aosta Valley for his messages of support in recent weeks to those who are fighting on the front line against Coronavirus. "I invite you already now to the party we will have in La Salle, hopefully in the coming months, to celebrate the cup," Federica replied.
And the next target? Simple ... "Try again to win the crystal ball and do it by crossing the finish line on the track. Then of course winning a gold that I miss would not be bad. "
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