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After a gruesome crash in April, just competing in the Games was a miracle for the 35-year-old Italian skier. Then she won two gold medals.
February 15, 2026 at 12:27 p.m. ESTToday at 12:27 p.m. EST
CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — It is Sunday. Federica Brignone has in hand two gold medals. She won them not by dreaming big. She won them by taking one step, then another.
“My mantra was ‘Tomorrow is better,’ for sure,” she said.
