“A falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest. The next day, Goggia issued a classic non-apology apology, tweeting: The Streif, in Austria, is considered “one of the most challenging downhill slopes in the world.” Which means, according to Goggia, there can’t be gay male pro skiers, because a gay man by his very nature is too much of a coward to throw himself down that course. You have to throw yourself down the Streif in Kitzbuhel,” Goggia said in an interview with Corriere Della Sera. She also has some odd and homophobic views when asked if there were gay skiers on the pro skiing circuit. Sofia Goggia is an accomplished professional skier from Italy, having won an Olympic gold medal, one silver and three World Cup downhill titles.