Alpine ski star: Olympic start in danger? Ski-ace Brignone seriously injured

The ski racer Federica Brignone suffered a complicated break on the shin and fibula in the event of a fall. The 34 -year -old world champion and overall World Cup winner will therefore be a long time before the Olympics in 2026 in her home country of Italy.

She fell heavily at the Italian championships in the giant slalom and suffered a multiple fracture of the shin leg head and the fabric’s head in the left knee. This was the result of a computer tomography in the city of Trento, as Italy’s winter sports association Fisi announced. Brignone is now to be taken to a hospital in the metropolis of Milan for an operation.

Consistent errors and rollover in the event of a legal swing

The best racing driver of the past season had previously plunged in Val di Fassa and brought to a clinic in Trento with a helicopter. A few days ago, he won the Italian the Alpine overall World Cup in Sun Valley in the United States. This winter, she also won World Cup gold in her giant slalom and silver in the Super-G.

Now she got stuck in the second run of the national competitions in a legal swing in the goal, lost control, fell and overturned and overturned, as can be seen on film recordings. After a first aid on site, she was immediately removed with the helicopter.

Actually medal favorite for home winter games

Brignone is considered a promising medal candidate in Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy. So far it is not known how long it will be after the severe fall. The winter games take place from February 6th to 22nd, 2026.