A wonderful one Sofia Goggia, with his left hand broken and operated on in Milan, only in the late afternoon of yesterday, won the second downhill of the world cup St. Moritz in 1.28.85. For her it is success n. 20 in world cup, most successful blue ever together with Federica Brignone. At the finish line Sofia received a very long applause from the expert audience Swiss and the homage bows of her rivals who had already reached the finish line and were well aware of having witnessed an extraordinary feat by the Italian. Behind Goggia in this descent2 came the Slovenian Ilka Stuhec and the German Kira Weidle.
Sofia Goggia avalanche
”When I skied in a free field before the race and saw that I could get into an egg position – Sofia told Rai microphones – I said to myself that today in padel there would have been no girl happier than me to compete. If I ski like I know how, I can do it. However, it was definitely harder last year to recover for Beijing. There was a leg here a hand. What do you want it to be for a hand?”.
For the blue who competed with a right hand brace fixed with plasters to the stick, it is the third victory as well as a second place out of four descents disputed so far. With this victory, Sofia then moves into second place in the overall cup standings with 425 points. In front of her only the American Mikaela Shiffrin, today good fourth, with 475.
(Photo Ansa/Sport)
