Sochi - 10. Federica Brignone: "I will try to isolate myself from everything ..."

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MILAN - A chat with the 23 year-old Val d'Aosta to four days'' from last weekend's World Cup before the Games in Sochi, scheduled Saturday to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, where its Federica was 2nd in giant slalom in 2012! There is talk of Vancouver 2010, Sochi, and much more ...

Tuesday 28 January 2014 5 minutes reading time

From Vancouver 2010, a young, carefree, without too many thoughts on my mind, in Sochi, more mature, more winning, but with an injury in the middle that made her lose almost an entire season and understand many things. Federica Brignone from La Salle, Valle d'Aosta, is preparing to set sail for Russia with the Italian National Alpine Ski Olympics for the second of his active career. In giant boasts six podiums so far at the World Cup (the'' last Finals in Schladming 2012) and World Championship silver in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011. A head as a champion, a contagious sympathy, a unique spontaneity and a lightweight ski that you would not fall in love. But this year, the indent, missing the podium again, what would give great confidence in the most prominent'' s appointment Five Rings, although after Soelden has found a consistent performance at a high level. "Now I feel good. Once the ice is broken in Austria, in October, with the return to the World Cup, I woke up. I started to trust more, the trip to North America, things have changed for me, I got more confidence now and that's okay. A Lienz, in the'' last giant, I wanted to do better than sixth place, of course, I felt very fit, I thought I could climb a few places in the second round, I had a little 'bad luck when my plate has incocciato a stone, but I also made a few mistakes too. The important thing is that it is down to win, with the right attitude. " Five giants in a month, between late November and late December, then no one in January. Calendar anzichenÃ² crazy, that's Cup. Next Saturday we will return to compete in the wide doors in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Podkoren 3 track pretty difficult (especially if the snow is icy), on which the daughter Ninna Quario was second two years ago. It will be the last giant before Sochi ... "Unfortunately, we must also come in against the needs of the organizers. On the one hand I'm sorry, of course, because in December I was in shape and I wanted to give continuity to the results. On the other hand I say that because of this situation I was able to devote even a slalom and super-G, that I released a little 'head and this helps a lot. In Kranjska attitude is always the same, it comes down to finish first and stop. I do not care the 25th place. " Then, you open the album Olympic souvenirs: "Vancouver has been a dream for me, I experienced one Olympic spirit crazy, watched umpteen other sports, cheered for all of our other teams, participated in the life of village and heard the true atmosphere of the Olympics. Yes, I enjoyed it. Sochi? I'll try to isolate myself from the world ... because they do not want it to become a huge stress, do not do all that talk of the Olympics, people do not know to ask for more and remember it every day. So, even if at the end you do not think a lot and you're not really stressed out, you end up put a lot of pressure on him the same ... ". Just remember a simple recipe, we add: think first of all to have fun. The rest will follow. Good luck Giant Faith!

Gianmario Bonzi

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