Faith, it will be a special race: "Ideal week, but at the start I think my legs will tremble ..."

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Brignone and the approach to La Thuile races, a stone's throw from home. Tomorrow a crucial super-g: "I don't think about the cup and I hope the event will be a show, despite the situation".

Friday 28 February 2020 3 minutes reading time

It is the opportunity of life, without if and without but. The general World Cup is only eleven races away, with 73 points ahead of a Mikaela Shiffrin that unfortunately we will not even see in La Thuile, while there are 159 margin lengths on the only rival with whom to fight on the track, Petra Vlhova. Federica Brignone shows up at home weekend as leader of the general classification, towards a super-g that will open the two days of the Aosta Valley then completed on Sunday by the Alpine combined, where the 29 year old from La Salle could already conquer a crystal ball in the discipline. Emotions are not lacking, even if Faith confesses that she has lived a week of ideal approach. "I pulled the plug, I was with my family and friends, moving away from the environment of the World Cup - his words on the eve - In recent years I have often lived in La Thuile, I am very fond of it and I tried again the track with my teammates last week, as well as competing in 2016. It's a shame to run with this series of restrictions, the difference will be once you cross the finish line ... it won't be the same. Sorry especially for the many children who would have liked to attend the races, I hope it will be a spectacular event anyway. " The races, the points, the cup? Brignone tries not to think about it: â€œI'm still quite calm, but I think my legs will tremble at the start. It will be an important weekend for the World Cup, I hope to collect important points for the home crowd. We still don't know what will await us later (referring to the cancellation of the Ofterschwang races), I would be sorry to miss a stage because, even if one slalom less would be an advantage, I always prefer to compete ".

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