Federica Brignone wins against everyone, including the weather. Emerging from the (Norwegian) fog, the 33-year-old Milanese triumphed today – Sunday March 3 – in an impossible Super-G, that of Kvitfjell. For the Italian, it is the fourth victory of the season and the 25th of her career, overtaking not only Sofia Goggia – struggling with a serious injury – but also the legendary Italian Gustav Thoeni. Brignone thus becomes the second best Italian skier in the World Cup after Alberto Tomba with his 50 successes. That's not all: with today's victory, the champion climbs to second place in the general cup ranking with 1,268 points, overtaking the American Mikaela Shiffrin (1,209) and placing herself in command behind the Swiss Lara-Gut-Behrami with 1,594. “Our sport is an outdoor sport and we have these problems – said Brignone speaking of the Norwegian fog – and I really don’t think I won a “good” race. In fact, I'm very happy with the way I competed on Saturday and obviously even more so today, we had to adapt. Probably, some athletes who came down after me found worse conditions: I'm sorry. I improved my speed a lot compared to last year, I worked on it a lot, even with my brother. For me, it's a great season even if in January everything didn't go as I wanted. In any case, my assessment is really good: I see the glass completely full,” he concluded.
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