Gay skiers? “No, they have to throw themselves off the difficult Streif track in Kitz”. Storm on Sofia Goggia

Are there homosexual athletes among skiers? "Among the women some yes. Among the men I would say no. They have to throw themselves off the Streif of Kitz ...", that is the most difficult downhill slope of the World Cup.

There is controversy over the words of the Bergamo champion of blue skiing Sofia Goggia, in response to a question about homosexuality in her discipline during an interview with Corriere.

"I am very disappointed by Sofia Goggia 's statements. They are wrong and refer to an old mentality", commented Marco Arlati, president of Arcigay Bergamo Cives. Furthermore "they give the perception of the thought that unfortunately still lingers in the sports world. Athletes are such regardless of gender, gender identity and sexual orientation".

Goggia was also harshly criticized on social networks for her externalization and condemnation comments also came from the former parliamentarian of the Democratic Party Anna Paola Concia and Vladimir Luxuria.

For her part, after the storm, the skier explained: “A falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest. I'm sorry and I apologize to all the people who felt offended by the sentence that came out in the interview. Surely, when I said it, it didn't want to be discriminatory in nature ”.

(Unioneonline / lf)