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Interviewed by Alberto Dolfin on the columns of the Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Kristian Ghedina spoke of the Bergamo champion, her "fixed" defects and enormous potential.
Tuesday 7 December 2021 4 minutes reading time
They had been chosen as ambassadors of the Cortina world championships to which they are linked for various reasons. Kristian Ghedina lived through them also suffering from the absence of Sofia Goggia, who was injured in Garmisch a few days before the most awaited event. "His great willpower made the difference, I didn't expect him to go back to winning like this right away."
The "Ghedo" tells it, in the beautiful interview granted to his colleague Alberto Dolfin, on today's edition of Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, speaking after the magical hat-trick of the Bergamo champion who, precisely with the two descents and the super-G won in Lake Louise, has overtaken the downhill skier from Ampezzo in the calculation of the victories in the World Cup (14-13).
"I think Sofia has made the qualitative leap in terms of athletic training - analyzes Ghedina, who dares to make a comparison like a great motor enthusiast - Now she has a specially designed chassis, while the engine has always been from Formula 1".
A greater stability was noted in Lake Louise, without those "Hoggiate" often costing important results in Sofia. “Before it was more unscrupulous, now it is aware of the limit that it must not exceed, also because if you fall in speed, you get hurt at 90%. With what has happened to her, she has learned to know each other and now she knows where she can go: her aggression and determination drives me crazy, as well as that unscrupulousness that unites us and that you do not lose.
In addition, in Canada she was very good at adapting to different conditions from the first to the second descent: it was seen that she worked very well in extreme conditions to go fast even in bad weather. That, for example, was my flaw ".
There is talk of a Goggia with chances to play for the absolute World Cup, with this superiority in fast disciplines, and when asked specifically, Ghedo has no doubts: “Without a shadow of a doubt he can play it. In my day Tomba and Alphand won with only two disciplines, when usually at least three are needed. Vlhova and Shiffrin are two phenomena, but Sofia can aim for them because she is basically a determined one, just think that as a child she dreamed of winning gold in the Olympic Games and she succeeded ... ".
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