Yesterday, Sofia Goggia broke two fingers when she hit a gate in the race where she finished second.
She was then forced to travel from St Moritz, where the race was run, to Milan where she underwent surgery.
"I will not give up"
Despite that, she was in today's competition, when they competed on the same hill again.
- When I understood that I would be able to drive today, there was probably no girl who was as happy as I was at the start today.
It wasn't obvious that I would be able to start today, says Goggia, according to the AP news agency, and explains that the Italian team leaders considered stopping her from going:
- Then I said: "Are you crazy?
Are you crazy?
I'm not giving up like this”.
Won by 52 hundredths
And it turned out that it was right to let Goggia start.
She won the race with a margin of 52 hundredths down to the German Kira Weidle.
- I'm happy with what I did, and I have to give a sincere thank you to everyone who helped me yesterday, she says, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
Yesterday's winner, Elena Curtoni, was 1.18 behind Goggia and finished eighth.