Cortina d'Ampezzo (Belluno), Feb. 10 (LaPresse) – "Today I couldn’t enter the race with the same focus as last Sunday; even though I felt good during the warm-up, I couldn’t recreate the race adrenaline. Perhaps I suffered a bit mentally from the downhill two days ago." These are the feelings of Sofia Goggia, shared with Rai Sport after her fall—without consequences—in the women’s alpine skiing team event downhill. "I feel sorry for Lara (Della Mea, ed.), I prevented her from having the chance to try the slalom. Sorry, Lara," added the Bergamo champion. "Today I will rest a bit and try to recover my focus, especially looking ahead to Thursday’s Super-G, which has always gone well this season. I’ll give it my all," she explained. "In the World Cup there is much more excitement. With all the Olympic restrictions, logistically, it’s not easy to come here, and tickets also cost much more—it’s almost a ‘disincentive’ to come," she also emphasized, talking about the American fans being more ‘passionate’ in the stands than the Italian ones. "It’s still an Olympic event, but in the World Cup there are more people and more Italian fans," added the Bergamo skier, confident that "there will be more Italians for the Super-G." Goggia also returned to the words of Alberto Tomba, according to whom Gustav Thoeni should have lit the cauldron in Cortina. "The decision was not mine, it was proposed to me and I accepted," she said. Finally, a thought for Lindsey Vonn. "My heart goes out to Lindsey, but her motto 'Never give up' resonates with me. I am very close to her."
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