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Skiing: Brignone wins combined at world championships

Azzurra triumphs at Maribel, Shiffrin skis out at last gate

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 6 - Italy's Federica Brignone won the combined event at the skiing world championships at Meribel Monday.
    It is Italy's first gold at the championships at the French resort, and Brigone's first world championship gold.
    The 32-year-old from Milan took the gold ahead of Swiss Wendy Haldener, silver, and Austria's Ricarda Haaser, bronze.
    US superstar Mikaela Shiffrin, 96/100ths behind Brignone after the SuperG and closing fast in the slalom, skied out at the last gate.

 Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the combined

Brignone said that winning her first world championship gold medal in the combined was "the top".
"Starting the World Championships like this is the best. Now they will no longer tell me 'your trophy cabinet is missing a gold medal', but above all I am very satisfied with my performance. That's also why I was moved and it doesn't happen often," said the 32-year-old from Milan to Rai state broadcaster.
"In the other editions I was never at my best, but now I feel 100%.
"I was charged up and I managed to do what I hoped.
"Today I promised myself to bring out the slalom skier in me and I succeeded".

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