Alpine Skiing Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[Federer91 3,039]

7 hours ago, copravolley said:

Federica Brignone yesterday started training on the gates - I think it's a giant or SG. She probably can became to the World Cup at Kronplatz on January 20

 

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Unfortunately, with the way this whole comeback has unfolded, i can't see her with anything more than a top 15 position in Cortina.. If that at all is achievable given, that she will almost have no races before the OG and no training for 8 months.. 

 

Wonder if this will haunt her in the coming years (especially if she does badly), to injure herself in such an unnecessary race..  

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8 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Unfortunately, with the way this whole comeback has unfolded, i can't see her with anything more than a top 15 position in Cortina.. If that at all is achievable given, that she will almost have no races before the OG and no training for 8 months.. 

 

Wonder if this will haunt her in the coming years (especially if she does badly), to injure herself in such an unnecessary race..  

Well, that's the thing about a dangerous sport like Alpine Skiing.  As soon as you start thinking that some races are too risky to do, you might as well give up altogether.  

[copravolley 544]

18 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Unfortunately, with the way this whole comeback has unfolded, i can't see her with anything more than a top 15 position in Cortina.. If that at all is achievable given, that she will almost have no races before the OG and no training for 8 months.. 

 

Wonder if this will haunt her in the coming years (especially if she does badly), to injure herself in such an unnecessary race..  

Yes, she was unlucky, but it could just as easily have happened during some training, like with Gut, etc. Brignone has been essentially injury-free throughout her long career, which is very rare in this sport. It's unfortunate that this happened after her best season ever and just 1 year before the Olympic Games in home, when she just missing of win the Olympic gold medal in her great career. With the gold in Cortina, she would have become a legend of Italian skiing, on par with Tomba. Now she's still the best Italian woman in history, but the miss of Olympic gold will likely haunt her for the rest of her life. 

Edited December 27, 2025 by copravolley

[BruT06 49]

SLALOM	skier	points 24/25	deduction for every 25/26 race	WC points 25/26 (5 od 7)	min. points before OG-19.1.2026.
1	Haugan	654	55	285	558
2	Noel	606	51	282	535
3	Meillard	710	59	182	478
4	McGrath	554	46	192	423
5	Kristoffersen	682	57	127	411
6	Braathen	393	33	221	385
7	Rassat	123	10	240	291
8	Nef	356	30	117	265
9	Amiez	304	25	118	245
10	Gstrein	383	32	77	237
11	Strasser	365	30	80	232
12	Haalberg	77	6	194	226
13	Feller	355	30	52	200
14	Marchant	153	13	135	199
15	Vinatzer	174	15	88	161
16	Kolega	252	21	53	158
17	Ryding	237	20	58	157
18	Muffat-J.	169	14	86	156
19	Popov	229	19	57	152
20	Yule	217	18	48	138
21	Matt	105	9	89	133
22	Taylor	59	5	85	110
23	Raschner	166	14	40	109
24	Sandvik	16	1	87	94
25	Schwarz	82	7	54	88
26	Strolz	119	10	36	86
27	Jakobsen	188	16	0	78
28	Zubčić	154	13	13	77
29	Ritchie	178	15	0	74
30	Solberg	8	1	67	70
31	Major	71	6	25	55
32	Kastlunger	61	5	22	47
33	Maes	36	3	28	43
34	Gral Madsen	0	0	40	40
35	Pertl	86	7	0	36
36	Aerni	74	6	0	31
37	Iten	0	0	30	30
38	Zenhaeusern	57	5	6	30
39	Rochat	71	6	0	30
40	Salarich	16	1	20	27
41	Rodeš	62	5	0	26
42	Gross	61	5	0	25
43	Aulnette	0	0	24	24
44	Sturm	31	3	11	24
45	Azzolin	0	0	15	15
46	Koyama	0	0	12	12
47	Laine	27	2	0	11
48	Canins	0	0	10	10

Edited January 7 by BruT06