Elena Fanchini died, the former skier was 37 years old: she had been battling cancer for some time

Goodbye to Elena Fanchini .

The former skier, sister of Nadia, was 37 years old and had been battling cancer for some time .

He announced it on the eve of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games , which he had to give up precisely due to illness.

Born on April 30, 1985 in Lovere, in the province of Bergamo, in her career she won a world silver medal in downhill in 2005 in Bormio and two victories in the World Cup . She had defeated the tumor that had struck her in 2017, then relapsed.

Elena was the eldest of the Fanchini sisters. In January, Sofia Goggia had dedicated the downhill victory in Cortina to her: «Eli is for you». And she replied: «That red bib gave me a smile».

(Unioneonline/D)