The Italian Winter Sports Federation today issued a very harsh communiqué on the controversies that flared up during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Gameswhich ended on Sunday.
Controversy mother Brignone-Goggia, the Italian Winter Sports Federation responds in kind
The tribe he does not mention any name but it is all too clear that in the words of the press release the reference is to Sofia Goggia“>Maria Rosa Quariothis “Ninna”mother of Federica Brignone and journalist de The newspaper as well as former great slalom runner of the eighties, who immediately after the silver won by Sofia Goggia in the Olympic women’s downhill eight days ago he had declared a Capital Radio and then also written in the newspaper with which she has collaborated since finishing her career as a skier that Goggia’s injury was not so serious, insinuating that the medical staff had provided a false diagnosis. Accusations very serious, to which today the federation responded in kind. Here is the text of the press release.
Controversy mother Brignone-Goggia, the FISI: “The professionalism of doctors is questioned”
“The Italian Winter Sports Federation heavily condemns the too many rumors that have been going on for days, with tones very controversial, around the athletes of the Nationals. Personal judgments addressed to athletes by people outside the Federation are not acceptable, as are execrable judgments expressed on the federal work, by subjects who have no knowledge of the facts. The facts are even more serious if they emerge during an event of great importance such as the Olympic Games ”.
“Anything that has continued to be in the news for days has no other result than to do growing tension between athletes and athletes, not allowing them to maintain maximum concentration on their respective competitive commitments and concentrating the media space reserved for our disciplines in useless controversies that have nothing to do with sport, to the detriment of the businesses they perform ” .
“For these reasons, the FISI expects certain statements and polemical tones cease immediatelyto make room for sport, competitive results and the goals that athletes can achieve before the end of the season “.
“The FISI also intends to protect the work of its own Medical Commissionpointed out – in an extremely serious way – to tell falsehoods about the state of health of the athletes she is treating “.
“The Federal Medical Commission has always followed athletes with the utmost seriousness professionalism and attention, in compliance with scientific data and clinical examinations, taking responsibility for decisions regarding recovery times, following injuries, having as a priority the protection of the safety of the athletes themselves. His work, combined with the work of technicians and physiotherapists, makes this sector an Italian excellence in the world of sport. For this reason, the Federation warns anyone from questioning the correctness and the professionalism of the work of the FISI Medical Commission and will be ready to defend the reasons in any necessary forum “.
Will these harsh words be enough to extinguish the controversy in Italy?
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