Sofia Goggia

[5] A broken ankle in October 2018 caused Goggia to miss most of the World Cup season; she returned in late January 2019 with runner-up finishes in her first two starts at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

At the World Championships in Åre, Goggia won the silver medal in the Super-G, 0.02 seconds behind gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin.

In early February she suffered a fall during the super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that caused a fracture in her left arm and the premature end of the season.

She back training in early March, planning to defend her downhill standings lead in the last event of the season in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

[10] On 17 March, Goggia became for the second time in career World Cup downhill champion, after heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of the race.

In early December 2021, Goggia won all three races in Lake Louise for her first career “hat-trick”, joining Vonn (2011, 2012, 2015) and Katja Seizinger (1997) as the only women to win both downhills and super-G in the classic Canadian venue.

[12] On 23 January 2022, Goggia suffered a knee injury after a crash in the Cortina d'Ampezzo Super-G. She immediately started physical rehab with the aim of returning in time to defend her Olympic downhill title in mid-February.

Sofia Goggia receives, on 23 December 2021, from the President of the Italian Republic , Sergio Mattarella the Italian flag that the Italian athlete should have carried, as flagbarear at the 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing , but she was forced to give up due to an injury and was replaced by her fellow citizen from Bergamo , Michela Moioli . [ 20 ]
Goggia in a spectacular jump at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2018