Sofia Goggia dedicates the victory to Elena Fanchini with cancer – Corriere.it

Elli for you. So Sofia Goggia celebrated the victory in the Cortina downhill, on the Olimpia delle Tofane. I want to dedicate the victory to Elena Fanchini who is going through a delicate moment. Sofia adds nothing else, the thought of her for the former teammate of the national team with whom she shared a good part of her career. Elena Fanchini, 37 years oldretired in 2020 together with sister Nadia.

He struggled with serious injuries. Sprinter, he won a silver medal at the World Championships in Bormio in 2005 and 2 races in the World Cup, the last one in Cortina in 2015. Two years later Elena discovered she had intestinal cancer, she was preparing for the last races of 2017 with his head already aimed at the Pyeongchang Games.

Accuses a sudden malaise, taking the exams. The diagnosis arrives, the cycles of chemotherapy, then the intervention. Elena born in Bergamo and transplanted in Bresciano to stop skiing she never thinks about it. She returns to competitive activity, she returns to the national team, she faces the disease by sharing smiles and difficult moments with the fans. She always together with her sisters Nadia and Sabrina, all skiers. Another injury in training (breaking of the fibula in 2018), the desire to start over again, then the double retirement announced in the spring of 2020. And now that the evil has unfortunately returned, Elli we are all with you. Starting with Sofia Goggia.