On Bad Knee, Goggia Gets Olympic Downhill Silver; Suter Wins
Feb 15, 2022, 11:01 AM
Sofia Goggia of Team Italy reacts following her run during the Women's Downhill on day 11 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Alpine Ski Centre on February 15, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Sofia Goggia has come back less than a month after a bad crash and serious leg injury to compete in the downhill at the Beijing Olympics and earn the silver medal behind champion Corinne Suter.
Goggia won the downhill for Italy four years ago at the Pyeongchang Games. She wasn’t sure she would be able to race Tuesday.
Goggia was especially worried after a fall in training a week ago. Suter’s victory made Switzerland the first country to have four athletes each win a gold medal in Alpine skiing at one Olympics.
Nadia Delago gave Italy the bronze medal in the downhill.
Sofia Goggia from Italy comes in 2nd and takes #Silver in the #AlpineSkiing women’s downhill event.
Congratulations on winning medals in this event at PyeongChang 2018 and #Beijing2022. pic.twitter.com/nbyxboOqdI
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 15, 2022
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