Federico Brignone enter the legend of Italian skiing: ten months after a serious injury on the left leg, the Italian champion wins gold in the women's Super-G Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in front of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. With this victory Italy rises for the moment to the second place in the overall medal table, behind Norway. The goal of 20 podiums is ever closer.
Today, in addition to alpine skiing, there is also great anticipation for the speed skating competitions e short track, with Francesca Lollobrigida and Arianna Fontana ready to make history.
Brignone wins gold: a flawless race on the Tofane
With a masterly performance, Brignone has dominated the Olympia delle Tofane slope. Started with bib number 6, finished in 1'23”41, a time that no subsequent athlete has managed to beat. On the podium, together with her, the French Novels Miradoli (second at 41 hundredths) and the Austrian Cornelia Huetter (third at 52 cents). Fifth Laura Pirovano and seventh Elena Curtoni.
The race saw the exit of many favorites, including Sofia Goggia, who at the halfway point had a 64-hundredth lead over Brignone before losing control. "Credit and merit to Brignone," commented Goggia. "Coming back from an injury and reaching this point is an extraordinary feat." The Cortina track, 2.150 meters long with an elevation change of approximately 600 meters and a maximum gradient of 65%, put all the athletes to the test, making the Italian champion's success even more precious.
"I only thought about skiing, about doing my best. I never imagined I'd become an Olympic champion. It's all or nothing, I told myself," Brignone said at the end of the race, visibly moved. "Very fast, but too close to the limit," commented the CONI president. Luciano Bonfiglio "Fede has shown what it means to isolate yourself and react under pressure. We are Italians and we are strong!" Her mother too. Nina Quario, a former ski champion, expressed her excitement: “Winning gold in the Super-G is incredible, Fede did it. Thank you to everyone who supported her along the way.”
An extraordinary list of achievements
Federica Brignone, at 35 years old, thus completes the collection of Olympic medals: silver in giant slalom and bronze in combined at Beijing 2022, bronze in giant slalom at PyeongChang 2018. An extraordinary career: 37 World Cup successes, two overall Cups, five specialty Cups, two golds and three silvers at the World Championships.
Francesca Lollobrigida wins gold again: triumphs in the 5.000 meters
And it's amazing too Francesca Lollobrigida, queen of the pattinaggio velocityAfter the victory in the 3.000 meters, the triumph also arrives in the 5.000, adding another gold medal to Italy's list of achievements in these Milan-Cortina Olympics). Under pressure from the great time of the Dutch Marijn Conijn, the Italian carries out a strategy of flawless race: fast start, control in the central phase of the race and a new vibrant acceleration in the last three laps. Where the Norwegian Wiklund had collapsed, losing three seconds, Lollobrigida managed to defend herself and maintain a very narrow margin. sixth gold medal Azzurra arrived with a time of 6:46.17, Marijn Conijn took silver by just ten hundredths of a second, and Norway's Ragne Wiklund finished with bronze (+0.17). This brings Italy's total medal tally at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games to fifteen.
“What gave me the energy – Lollobrigida then commented – was also Federica Brignone's gold, because it confirmed to me the fact that they can tell you that it's impossible, maybe you also believe that it's impossible, but Only we truly know how to make things possible"I also had a moment this season where I didn't believe it," he emphasized. Of the six gold medals Italy has won in Milan Cortina so far, two are his. "How beautiful," he concluded. "I couldn't, I couldn't have asked for anything better."
With this triumph, Italy rises to second place in the overall medal tableThe Milan-Cortina Olympics thus add another important chapter to Italian sport.
(Last updated at 19.00pm)
