The Olympic champion is in Soldeu and should participate in the Super-G tomorrow but for the first time she is seriously thinking about retiring: the pain in her operated leg is too strong.
Federica Brignone tomorrow, barring sensational surprises, she will be at the start of the Super-G in Soldeu after postponing today’s downhill race won by the Swiss Sutter with Sofia Goggia who finished in third place (as in the Olympic downhill race in Cortina). Brignone who won gold in super-G and giant slalom at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics is in Soldeu but theHer physical condition is not optimal and the very strong pain in her operated leg is making her reflect on her future. Brignone wanted to be in Andorra, but in the three days she spent at JMedical in Turin to check her condition she didn’t come out well, so much so that she was forced to drain and re-infiltrate her knee. This led to severe pain in his leg and some reflections on his future. On the one hand the irrepressible desire to continue skiing, on the other the pain that afflicts her every day.
What will he do next season?
Federica decided to participate in the races in Andorra because in any case anticipating the operation to remove the plaque would not have improved the situation. The problem is to live with the pain, but At the age of 36, will Brignone still want to make the same sacrifices she was forced to make in the last year? It’s a question that not even she can answer at the moment, but the doubts she has expressed in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sportmake us think that never before has the hypothesis of retiring from competitive sport been very real. The pain in her legs is severe, it doesn’t allow Brignone to play tennis and if she skis in the morning she limps throughout the day. Brignone did not listen to those who advised her to close after the double triumph over Olympia delle Tofane, but she is not yet planning next season. She feels like an athlete, she wants to stay within the stages of the white circus and perhaps she is also a little afraid of the future without skis. But the pain is very strong and ultimately the best possible result has been achieved. Winning two gold medals at the Olympics seemed like an impossible result, Lassalle’s tiger succeeded, but now does it make sense to continue suffering like this?
