Fanchini dead, the pain of Sofia Goggia: “I am devastated”- Corriere.it

Sofia Goggia has teary eyes, when she speaks after completing the second downhill test (in view of Saturday’s downhill race at the Courchevel-Meribel World Championships) she sometimes has to stop. She was a close friend of Elena Fanchini, her former national teammate who died at the age of 37 from cancer.

In Cortina he had dedicated his last victory to her, promising that he would bring her the red leader bib. Too bad I didn’t have time to give it to her, I had seen her before Christmas. I didn’t expect it would be the last time. It was a devastating day, it was one of those news you never want to hear even if your heart knows it will come sooner or later.

He had a hard night, she feels consumed by tears, Sofia was at home in the Fanchini family. She had attended the Rongai ski club where Nadia’s husband (one of the Fanchini sisters ed) was a coach: And Ellie was a bit of a mother hen for everyone, since we were younger. We were on the same wavelength, we always found each other.

The National Ski Team runs in mourning, with the girls we joined in a long hug, we all cried together. Everyone wants to remember her as she deserves, starting with Sofia: We will try to put all of ourselves in the race, Elena would certainly like this. Her genuineness and her authenticity made her special, we join silently and with such solidarity in the pain of her family, we are sure that on Saturday she will give us something more during the descent.