Infinity Federica Brignone. The 33-year-old skier from Valle d’Aosta signed the feat of the Italian sports weekend: double victory between Saturday and Sunday in the two giant slaloms of world Cup held on the Canadian snow of Mont Tremblant. A sensational encore that rewrites the history of Italian skiing. With Saturday’s success she has become the mostelderly” ever to win in the specialty. With Sunday’s triumph you reached altitude 23 victories in the World Cup, returning to the top of the classification from the all-time winners blue in front of Sofia Goggia. Now chasing the 24 triumphs of Gustav Thoeniwhile Alberto Tomba remains unattainable at 50.
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And Thoeni himself, speaking to Adnkronos, underlined Brignone’s qualities: “Federica was fantastic, he’s skiing really well. In Canada she did due splendid racesmade a difference with his superb technique in Saturday’s race, while on Sunday, under heavy snow, he won with courage and experience.” Thoeni, winner of 4 World Cups in the 70s, he launches the Valle d’Aosta: “The season is still long but if it continues like this it will have several chances win the World Cup againwhich he has already made his own in 2020. She is not only strong in giant slalom but is equally good in SuperG and he can score a lot of points too descent – underlines the Olympic giant slalom champion in Sapporo ’72 – Shiffrin remains there favorite but Federica will definitely compete.” Thoeni then concluded: “I hope you can surpass me soon, he deserves it. If he continues like this he will have no problems doing so.”
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Brignone’s brace brings the Aosta Valley girl to 10 giant slalom triumphs, where the blue queen remains Deborah Comrades with 13 stamps in the World Cup. To reach this goal, the skier from La Salle will need a perfect season, one that could launch her towards the Crystal Ball. In Canada on Sunday she won thanks to an extraordinary comeback: sixth after the first stage, over a second from the top, the Italian under one storm of snow he pushed taking all the risks. And her courage paid off in the end, leading her to accomplish a real feat masterpiece. The general ranking is updated with Shiffrin at 470 points, followed by Vlhova con 391, goodBehrami with 325 e Brignone with 320, the giant slalom sees the challenge between Gut (325) and Brignone (320). The circuit now returns to Europe with two super giants and a descent on the track St. Moritz.
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