Brignone not sure of being at the Olympics
Federica Brignone is not certain to participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics at home, in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. She said it on her return from Beijing, where she won the silver in giant.
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“It would be a dream to participate in Milan / Cortina (…). But I haven’t decided yet, and I won’t decide today, tomorrow or even next year, “said the skier who will be 35 at the next Winter Olympics, avoiding herself in front of the press. at Milan Malpensa airport.
Brignone returned to Italy with other Italian medalists in China, Arianna Fontana (short-track), Francesca Lollobrigida (speed skating) and Amos Mosaner (curling), as well as with the Olympic flag transmitted by Beijing to the organizers of the next Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
“If I’m still competitive, I’ll be there and it would be a dream because I missed Turin (in 2006),” continued Brignone. In Beijing, she had caused a controversy in the media by worrying about the atmosphere of the next Games in Italian because of the planned scattering of the different sites, with in particular different places for the women’s competitions (Cortina) and men’s (Bormio) of alpine skiing.
“All I said was that in all the games I’ve been to, a lot of sports have been brought together in the same village,” she said Monday.
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