Sofia Goggia's smile from Copper Mountain: "Two weeks made as I wanted, rediscover the sensations in speed"

The 'blue is highly anticipated for the first two descents and the super-g of Lake Louise, but Saturday in Killington will go on the hunt for the first seasonal points.

Tuesday 26 November 2019 4 minutes reading time

She is the most awaited woman on the women's national team for the weekend that will open the season of speed, from 6 to 8 December in Lake Louise. Sofia Goggia, however, will try to get the first seasonal points in the Killington giant, although she still has to start with a very high bib number in Saturday's race, after the missed qualification (for only 3 cents) in Soelden. After two weeks full of work at Copper Mountain and the transfer, today, from Colorado to Vermont, the downhill Olympian expressed his thoughts through the usual appointment on his blog, "Being Sofia", from Red Bull . "We divided the work into two blocks, with a day of adaptation in giant and five of speed, then one of rest, three more with the fast specialties, a new rest and we concluded with two training sessions between the wide doors - he explained in the Goggia detail - I love this place for many reasons, even the simple fact of living for two weeks in an apartment and not in a hotel room. More than anything else, I needed to completely unplug and live on bread and skis ... I did it perfectly, we worked on every little detail, and I'm happy with what I did during these two weeks. I had already dedicated myself to the technique in the summer, an effort that repaid me with a solidity found in super-g, but it was above all in the speed that I found excellent feedback ". For Sofia, who visited her friend's house and former rival Lindsey Vonn ("you really understand what it takes to define yourself a champion in there, I have incredible respect for her") and the teammates who lived the retreat with her (Brignone , Bassino and Marsaglia), the only negative news of the training was the injury to Roberta Melesi, who later returned to Italy: "Unfortunately Roberta got hurt, it was a bad flight and she hurt her knees , even losing your senses for a few minutes. Speaking with her, I couldn't help thinking about all the injuries I suffered in my career. All this serves to understand how much strength we can find inside of us, good luck to Roberta ".

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