Decision Made: Double Olympic Champion Continues

Federica Brignone continues!

This was confirmed by the Italian Ski Federation (FISI) in a press release. The 36-year-old is "warming up the engine" in Cervinia.

In recent months, she has "listened closely to her body and, above all, given her left knee extra treatments."

"Nowhere near as fit as before"

It was only in July that the two-time overall World Cup winner announced to "L’Équipe" that she was constantly in pain.

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"I can cycle, swim and go to the gym, but I can't run and can hardly put any weight on it. My muscles have rebuilt, it's getting better and better, but I'm still nowhere near as fit as before," she revealed at the time.

At the end of August, she will head to a training camp in Argentina with the Italian team, where Brignone will prepare for the upcoming World Championship season.

Dream Comeback at Home Olympics

The Milan native, who won gold in giant slalom at the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, sustained complicated fractures of the tibia and fibula as well as a torn cruciate ligament a few weeks later at the Italian Championships.

At the Olympic Games in Cortina, Brignone celebrated a sensational comeback, winning gold in both the Super-G and the giant slalom.