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A Champion Yr Reduce Quick
Federica Brignone ended the 2024–25 marketing campaign because the undisputed chief of ladies’s Alpine snowboarding. She received throughout disciplines, added World Championship medals, and claimed her second profession total World Cup title. Every race mirrored her trademark energy, braveness, and timing, making her the skier everybody else chased.
Damage at Italian Nationals
Her momentum ended abruptly on the Italian Nationwide Championships, the place she broke her leg in a crash, in response to Il Corriere della Sera. Medical doctors confirmed the fracture requires prolonged restoration, casting fast doubt on her skill to organize for the Olympic Video games.
Brignone Speaks on the Uncertainty
The 2020 and 2025 total champion admitted she can’t but predict her return. “Some individuals took two years to return from an analogous harm,” Brignone informed Il Corriere della Sera on Wednesday. “When will I ski and race once more? I nonetheless don’t know.”
The timing solely heightens the uncertainty. “The Olympics in Cortina are my dream, however proper now I’ve to give attention to therapeutic day-to-day,” she stated.
Brignone additionally defined why she entered nationals regardless of her established standing. “It’s vital to be there, to help the youthful athletes and present that we’re all a part of the identical group,” she stated.
Giving Again to Snowboarding
Her option to race at nationals highlighted the values which have outlined her profession. Brignone has all the time given again to the game, setting an instance for Italy’s subsequent technology. Whilst she confronted disappointment, she selected to compete in an occasion that mattered extra for others than for herself.
Olympic Goals at Threat
The harm arrives solely months earlier than the 2026 Winter Olympics in February at Cortina d’Ampezzo, the place Brignone hoped to race for gold on house snow. Medical doctors haven’t set a timeline for her return. Nonetheless, she stays decided. “All I can do is give every thing I’ve to return again,” she stated.
