by The Italian ski star Federica Brignone said on Tuesday that she was not sure whether she would be fit for the Winter Olympics in Italy next year.
Brignone, who turns 35 in July, won the Alpine world championship title and the world championship giant Slalom Gold last season, but a career-threatening double-legged fracture in April in April.
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“I would like to be able to say that I will definitely be at the beginning of the next Olympic Winter Games, but today I don’t know,” said Brignone about a press conference in Turin.
The games will be held by Milan Cortina in the next February.
“I will try, I do everything I can, but the most important thing for me is to get better and then return to ski racing,” she said.
“The Olympic Games are a great source of motivation. It is true that there are still time and the Olympic Games, but time is running out.”
The Italian dominated the 2024-25 season on the women’s circle and won 10 races, their second overall World Cup title and both the huge slalom and downhill crystal globes.
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Brignone suffered a double-tibia fibula fracture in her left leg on April 3 during the Italian championships.
She said she didn’t know when she will be able to resume training on the snow.
“As long as I can’t put my foot down, it is difficult to say that I will only put skiers when I feel fine not to be on one leg,” she said.
During an operation on her broken leg, surgeons noticed a ligament tear in her left knee.
“We are not worried about the cruciate ligament,” said the Italian winter sports federation -doktor Andrea Panzeri, who monitors the rehabilitation of Brignone, on Tuesday.
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