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APTOPIX Alpine Ski Brignone Crash
Overall World Cup skiing champion Italy's Federica Brignone is carried away on a toboga after she broke multiple bones in her left leg during a giant slalom crash at the Italian championships in the Lusia ski area, in Val di Fassa, Italy, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Elvis Piazzi)
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
MILAN (AP) — Italian skier Federica Brignone’s first aim is to walk again before she begins to even think of competing in next year’s home Olympics.
Brignone was discharged from the hospital only last Tuesday, five days after breaking multiple bones in her left leg and tearing her ACL in a giant slalom crash.