Federica Brignone is back on skis. © FISI

These Brignone pictures will have all of Italy dreaming of skiing.

Italy's ski-loving heart is beaming! Federica Brignone returned to skiing on Wednesday – and is making an entire nation dream.

26 November 2025

From: apa/dpa/det

Italian ski star Federica Brignone hasn't given up on her dream of competing in the home Olympics. 237 days after her serious crash at the national championships, the two-time overall World Cup winner was at least back on recreational skis and completed some easy downhill runs in Cervinia. The Italian Ski Federation announced that Brignone will continue training sessions on the slopes and in the gym in the coming weeks.

“It’s my dream to be there (at the Olympics),” Brignone had said before the start of the World Cup season a month ago. She didn’t know how realistic that was after her serious injury. “I’m trying. I’m working really hard for it,” the all-rounder and 37-time World Cup winner had explained.

Brignone won the overall World Cup title for the second time last winter (after 2020) and also took home the World Championship gold in giant slalom – only to suffer a serious knee injury shortly afterwards at the comparatively minor Italian Championships. The 35-year-old crashed in Val di Fassa, sustaining multiple fractures of the tibial plateau and fibular head, as well as a torn cruciate ligament – ​​a horrific diagnosis.