Goggia is revealed at Polygon 360: "In Garmisch I risked big; the Olympics always up there, but the cup ..."

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The Olympic champion, interviewed by Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi, revealed some important details of her perfect season up to the injury: "In November I took two seconds from Ledecka in training in Cervinia, but we did a perfect job on the materials".

Monday 22 February 2021 4 minutes reading time

A Sofia Goggia who really talked about herself ... 360 degrees. On the other hand, the “Polygon 360” by Dario Puppo and Massimiliano Ambesi, the Eurosport in-depth broadcast that hosted Sofia Goggia tonight, wanted to enter the heart of the Bergamo champion who confessed to many very interesting topics. The biggest regret is clearly linked to the absence from Cortina 2021, injuring Garmisch in the most incredible way, precisely in the season in which he had shown stability and absolute speed in the race. “All the pieces of the puzzle were in place, even if the work on ourselves never ends. It is paradoxical how I got hurt, but it could have been much worse since I ended up on the track, one and a half meters from the plants on the rotten snow. On a psychological level it should not leave me any mark, if I am intelligent this time too I will learn a lesson ”. Sofia explained that she competed in St. Anton "with a slightly painful knee, because that number in the first descent of Val d''Isère gave me a" tirone "in the joint", while the real difference compared to over the past few years “there are many factors, but the material setup was crucial, with a perfect ski construction in combination with the chosen boot. Just think that in Cervinia, during training in November, I always had a 2 second gap from Ledecka: we therefore focused on the material, working with an extra lap each time and 12 km a day that made the difference. And then the peace of mind built up allowed me to be really free on skis ”. Everything easy in the four straight downhill wins? Not at all ... “In Val d''Isère I would have won the first descent, without that compression error, while on the second day I didn't do so well, but Schmidhofer's crash affected many athletes. In St. Anton, on the other hand, I immediately understood that it would be difficult to beat me, and in Crans-Montana I gave everything in the first descent, but the variable wind affected while in the second descent it was very difficult, with the first numbers going down in the dark ". Where does the “only the brave” slogan shouted at the finish line come from? “There is a particular anecdote behind it, because while discussing matters of the heart with a friend, she told me not to bother me. And I promised her that at the next green light, I would dedicate it to her ”.

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