The magic of Faith, the pain of Sofia, is a super-g that speaks blue. Brignone: "Ten days at home and ..."

Brignone and Goggia, the two sides of the coin in a race at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee which also saw Bassino and Curtoni protagonists. Sofia's words: "Home in a helicopter and immediately treated, I have to recover for Cortina".

Sunday 16 January 2022 4 minutes reading time

Three athletes in eight and, on the current podium of the specialty ranking, Sofia Goggia in front of Federica Brignone and Elena Curtoni The super-g always speaks blue, with the fourth victory in five races by Federica Brignone, who had already rejoiced in the second round of Sankt Moritz. It is the day of the Aosta Valley, which everyone was waiting for on such a technical track and after what was shown in the downhill, with a great 6th place; for Faith, pearl number 18 in CdM (now +2 on Compagnoni and Goggia) also means very close red bib, but above all a lot of confidence in the race towards the Olympics. "I am very happy because every time it is a different emotion - the analysis of the winner of the CdM 2019/2020 to the microphones of Rai Sport - Today it was difficult to put together the pieces of the puzzle, each one made a mistake a little bit because it was a super-g fast, but where to be careful. My return? I did ten days at home, each of us should be able to take a period like this when you do all the disciplines, and so I arrived rested and serene. It is an important victory because I always need my certainties, even if this year I am more relaxed and I have learned that we need to have more confidence, having worked so hard for these results. The Olympics are in the sights, but still far away, the focus is on the next races ". On the other hand, it was a very hard weekend for Sofia Goggia, yesterday crashed downhill and today 19th, albeit only 9 tenths from the first place and struggling with the pain of a blow that is felt all over her body. He explained his situation well, always interviewed by Simone Benzoni, the same Bergamo who still saved the leadership in super-g, but recovered only 12 points from Mikaela Shiffrin, remaining 297 points away from the American in the overall. “With the satchel taken yesterday, I knew it would not be easy - the words of Sofia - I feel very bad walking while on skis it is much better. After such a flight, taking home a fair test is good, also looking at the gaps. Curtain? I have already drawn up the recovery program, I immediately return home by helicopter and they are waiting for me in Bergamo for treatment. I have to recover as quickly as possible, I look a bit like Robocop right now ... ”.

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