US EditionAlpine Skiing-Italy's Brignone Back on the Slopes Seven Months After Leg Fractures
Federica Brignone, overall World Cup champion, resumed on-snow training after 237 days off following a severe leg injury and aims to compete at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
- On Wednesday, Federica Brignone returned to on-snow training for the first time since her injury, completing a few runs on non-racing skis in Cervinia, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said.
- The April 3 giant slalom crash sidelined Brignone at the Italian championships, keeping her off snow for 237 days.
- The overall World Cup champion brings recent titles into her comeback, winning last season's downhill and giant slalom World Cup titles and placing second in the super-G rankings.
- It remains unclear whether Brignone will make Italy's Olympic team in February, as alpine skiing at the Feb. 6-22 Milan-Cortina Olympics will be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
- The March 25 FILE and Wednesday's runs frame Brignone's comeback, showing her skiing at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho earlier this year as she rebuilds toward the Olympic window.
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I'm very happy to be back on my skis, there are many positive feelings, but there is still a lot to do. It was a perfect day for skiing, the conditions were wintery and I was able to ski close to home.
The Italian ski icon had to pause for a long time after a serious injury. Now she returned to skis for the first time.
The champion makes the point after the two days of Cervinia that marked his return on a track after the accident
The holder of the Women's World Cup completed the first part of the physical rehabilitation at the JMedical in Turin, obtaining the green light from the Medical Commission FISI to proceed further in its recovery plan which provides for the addition of a job on track
Skiing: Brignone back on tourist skis 237 days after crash
Italian skiing tar Federica Brignone was back on tourist skis Wednesday, on piste in Cervinia for the first time 237 days after breaking her leg on April 3 as she continues her bid to be fit for next February's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. (ANSA)
MILAN (AP) — Federica Brignone retrained on Wednesday for the first time on the snow since several left leg bones were fractured almost eight months ago.
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