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Sofia Goggia is devastated. The Italians missed the World Cup at home in Cortina d’Ampezzo (It), which starts on Monday, after a serious fall. On Sunday night, this is a sad certainty. And on Monday night Goggia spoke on Instagram: “After thirty hours I think my tears are gone, but the excruciating pain and grief remain inside me, strong, very strong, along with a heart that twists and screams and silent roars. “
The 28-year-old’s emotional words are moving. The fans. But also the companions. “It’s always bad when someone is injured,” said Federica Brignone. “This is a heavy blow for us.”
Again and again, fate strikes Goggia
Particularly difficult: time and again it is Goggia who is hit hard by fate. The fun-loving downhill dominator tore the cruciate ligaments in both knees in 2010. In 2012 he fractured the head of the tibia in his right knee, as he does now. In 2014 the right cruciate ligament again. In 2018 he stopped a broken ankle, in February 2020 he fractured his left arm at the Garmisch Super-G.
She is known for her wild driving style, for her recklessness. And for her fighter’s heart. Because one thing is out of the question for Goggia despite many setbacks: giving up.
Even now, she is already focusing on the future. “Until yesterday, the world championships were firmly in sight: I feel as if I have been killed,” he writes about the images he shows with binoculars. Now she is ready to “start over” and “fearlessly” to continue on her way. “It takes courage, and now it’s important to show it.”
This was how the accident was
It’s bitter that everyday mishaps destroy your sleep. The Olympic downhill champion headed into the valley on Sunday after the Super-G was canceled at Garmisch-Partenkirchen when she found the track groomed in the “Olympic downhill.” Goggia dominates a pile of snow on the branch of the «Kandahar» and falls hard.
According to eyewitnesses, he loses his helmet, but his right knee is badly beaten: a fracture in the side of the tibia, the premature end of the season and therefore the end of the title fights at his own doorstep.
Italy suffers with Goggia
Italy suffers with Goggia. La Repubblica newspaper quickly shouts the “Mondiali Alarm”, the World Cup alarm. La Gazzetta dello Sport writes about “Dramma Goggia”, the drama surrounding the face of the World Cup. Goggia is promoting the fight for the medal, as the winner of four of the five races of the season, the 28-year-old should be the Italian star in Cortina. Past.
The organizers of the World Cup can’t believe it either. «We would have liked to see you in your Olympia. Sometimes sport is tough and you take instead of give. But we know how much strength and determination beats in your heart. “(Pyme / sid)
