The Italian championships in giant slalom have ended for ski racers Federica Brignone with broken bones.
The Italian ski racer Federica Brignone suffered a serious injury at the national championships on Thursday. The overall World Cup winner drove into a goal in the second run of the giant slalom in Val di Fassa and fell heavily. The Italian Ski Association Fisi announced the diagnosis on Thursday: “Multi -fragment fracture of the shin head and the fabric’s head of the left leg”.
After her fall, Brignone was taken to a hospital in Trento and underwent computer tomography there, it said. The 34-year-old now wants to move the medical department to Milan in order to determine the further procedure, including the necessary “surgical process”.
Brignon World Cup winner In departure and giant slalom
The 34-year-old Brignone had dominated the World Cup a few days ago and secured the large crystal ball and victories in the departure and giant slalom rating with a total of ten wins. At the World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, she won gold in the giant slalom and silver in the Super-G.
The Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo begin in ten months – a home game for Brignone. How long the medal candidate has to pause is still unclear.