Hirscher and Brignone on deck before the Olympics

In a month, to the day, the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games will be held, and two great stars of world skiing hope to be back in shape during these Olympics. Starting with the national star, Federica Brignone, who fractured her left leg at the beginning of April and began a time trial to recover in time. A bet that she is winning. The 35-year-old skier, triple Olympic medalist, five-time world medalist and double winner of the big crystal globe, returned to the Italian team last weekend to take part in training. She now hopes to compete in one or more World Cup rounds before the Olympics.

“Obviously I would like to but we need to understand how I feel and if it is feasible. Training is one thing, running to perform well is another, I still need to do miles,” she told the television channel on Monday evening. Sky Sports. Things are going as I thought, but I feel better in speed than in giant, for a question of pain ». Victorious in the small globe of the downhill and the giant in 2024-25 and second in the small globe of the Super-G, Federica Brignone had made it known last week that she was aiming for a return during the giant of Kronplatz, in Italy, on January 20, but she did not talk about it again during her interview on Monday evening. Patience…

And this weekend for Hirscher?

Marcel Hirscher, for his part, was aiming for a comeback this Wednesday during the Madonna Di Campiglio slalom, the first of “slalomers’ month”. But the 36-year-old Dutchman ultimately had to give up. In December 2024, two months after coming out of his five-year retirement, the double Olympic champion, five-time world champion and eight-time winner of the big globe, suffered a rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee.
He returned to training last week and is now aiming to return to Adelboden, Switzerland, this weekend.