All the emotion of Sofia in her Cortina: "For the fans, one of the best victories of my career"

Goggia for the second time in triumph over Olympia delle Tofane, with many new records signed and a reduced gap from Shiffrin in the general classification. His words and that of Federica Brignone, who lost the podium in the final.

Saturday 22 January 2022 4 minutes reading time

Like Isolde Kostner, at the top of the ranking of the blue plurivictors in descent with 12 pearls. More than any other Italian in terms of successes in a single season, already reaching 6, and back to the assault of a general classification of the World Cup which sees her less than 200 points from Mikaela Shiffrin, absent today (the US should be there for the super-g on Sunday, but nothing is certain yet). Beyond the numbers, however, Sofia Goggia knows how to excite in a unique way with her numbers and her tests always at the limit, even one week after an impressive flight like that of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. Without fear, to triumph again over the Olympia delle Tofane in “his” Cortina, 4 years after the first and only time. "It was an incredible descent - the Bergamo-born confessed excitedly in the interview with Rai Sport microphones - After the Delta curve I caught a lot of wind and I didn't know where to put my feet, see the green light at the finish line with everything I combined today is a dream. My heart is full of emotion, here in Cortina and after a difficult week, doing therapy from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening. When I knew they were going to shorten it, I knew it was going to be tough with the thrusts on the floor where I'm not at the top, but I believed it and wanted to take a dip with the fans who came here. Today I felt all the affection, I am very happy and this is one of the best victories of my career for many reasons, I enjoy it and then we will think about the super-g ". Out of the top ten the other Italians in the race, with the regrets that are all of Federica Brignone, 19th with a very serious mistake in Rumerlo when the podium was being played, possible as he had already shown in practice. “No bad luck, it was my mistake - the Val d'Aosta frankly admitted to Rai Sport - I didn't feel on the right line and I gave that blow too many. Everything bothered me at the start, with that wind I was a bit tense, but now let's look at the super-g ".

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