“A disaster for my life”

Federica Brignone suffered a serious accident on April 3, 2025, falling during the huge slalom evidence in the national championships of Italy. He fractured his tibia and perone and had a break at the cross ligaments on his left knee.

An accident after which he did not recover and who can stop her from participating in the Olympic Games at home, between February 6 and 22, 2026. “I am a fighter, but I always feel pain. The injury was a disaster for my life,” she said in an interview for Corriere della Sera.

How much did you think about the accident day? “Not too much, I just dreamed at night. Rational, it didn't make much sense: it had already happened,” she said.

She spent her summer recovering to the Juventus clinic and moved to Turin to recover as soon as possible. However, after four months after the accident, he had to operate again. “I didn't go well, I couldn't climb the stairs, my knee was swollen. I said,” So after four months? ” But there were times when I felt strong, reactive, positive.“She emphasized.

This is how Federică Brignone's foot looks after the first Instagram photo operation

Brignone, winner of the great crystal globe in 2025, suffered injuries, but it has bigger challenges. She appealed to other skirts that went through such moments. “S.The Goggia's office suffered many injuries, but they were different from it. For each recovery there is a specific way to follow. Austrian Nina Ortlieb, who suffered 20 operations, was kind to give me practical advice: how to take a shower, to wash my head, to manage normal actions that have become complicated ”, she said for the quoted source.

An injury that requires two years of recovery

She stressed: “The recovery time would overcome the 2026 Olympics and next season: some people took two years to recover after a similar injury. So I have to cheat the time. When I go back to ski and competitions? I still do not know.”

Federica Brignone one month after the first operation photo Imago Images

Is she ready to accept that this could be the end of her career? “Given what happened, yes. In this case, I would consider withdrawal? As I am, I do not know if I would give up. I would probably say,” Well, I can't do it this year, but I will try again. ” It is true, but the decision comes from my love for skiing.

However, Federica still hopes for a spectacular return. “The most urgent thing is to train my body again, for example to run: it is a heavy task after it happened. How will I cope with the pain I still feel? Not to be able to care.

Federica Brignone competing in Canada PHOTO IMAGO

Then he concluded: “I understand that people want to be on the slope at the 2026 Olympics and thank them. But to those who make everything seem easy, I would ask them to change my injured leg with a healthy one.

I already know that I will not be as prepared as in the past. And I know I will never regain my complete knee flexion; I created a problem for life. But I want to go back to ski and make my body trust again ”- Federica Brignone

“Skiing is dangerous and speed makes us heroes”

Federica also spoke about the death of the Italian skier Matteo Franzoso and how the safety in alpine ski can be improved.

“There are various ways: implementing strict rules for training centers; obligation to use without exception of devices such as airbags; production of less performing costumes; improvement of headphones, considering that, in my opinion, it is impossible to adopt the headphonese. This does not have to make us forget that there is no zero risk, that skiing is dangerous – Schumacher has been injured at 30 km/h … – and that speed, an ingredient of the show, is what makes us heroes ”, she said.