Emotional confession of Olympic champion Goggia: I thought it was over!

At the beginning of February, a real disaster befell Goggio. During training in Ponte di Legno, the Olympic champion got stuck in a right-hand turn with her ski on the goal and had a nasty fall. After being transported to the hospital and the subsequent examination, the competitor heard a really disturbing diagnosis. Fracture of tibia and ankle.

The Italian skier thus had to undergo a complicated operation in Milan, during which doctors reinforced her leg with seven screws, and her star career was in jeopardy. “For a while I thought it was over. I couldn’t deal with the mental pain,” Goggi revealed.

“In the first twenty days, I didn’t see my future in skiing. But then I realized that I don’t feel as happy anywhere as at the starting gate,” added with tears in her eyes the native of Bergamo, who in addition to the gold medal from the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang also has a silver medal from Beijing.

However, now it seems that Goggi has recovered from the difficult period and plans to get back on the skis. “I feel better now. I would like to return to the snow in July. I’m going to train in South America, but I don’t have an exact date yet,” the owner of three small globes told the fans.

However, the February fracture was not the first serious injury that Goggi had to go through during her career. The experienced skier has already ruptured the cruciate ligaments in both knees and also a broken arm, with which she completed her downhill and finally celebrated second place. “I tore my ligaments when I was young and it was easy to get over it. It was much harder this time.” admitted the Italian woman.