World Cup ski champ Federica Brignone breaks leg in crash at Italian championships

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 11:57 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Freshly crowned wide World Cup skiing champion Federica Brignone broke aggregate bones successful her near limb during a elephantine slalom clang astatine the Italian championships connected Thursday.

Brignone was the contention person astatine the Lusia skis country successful Val di Fassa but successful her 2nd tally she crashed done a gross and mislaid control, prompting her to tumble and clang done the adjacent gate. She was flown by chopper to a infirmary successful Trento.

Brignone was diagnosed with aggregate fractures successful her tibial plateau and fibula bone, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said. It added she would beryllium moved to a infirmary successful Milan "for the completion of X-ray exams and to found a timeline for surgery."

Brignone, who besides won the elephantine slalom astatine the satellite championships successful February, was finishing up the champion play of her career. She won 10 World Cup races crossed 3 antithetic disciplines (five elephantine slaloms, 3 super-Gs and 2 downhills).

Brignone is expected to beryllium 1 of the location stars of adjacent year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.

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