Overview
- Goggia cut short a September training camp in Ushuaia, Argentina, after sudden severe joint pain and exhaustion led to blood tests that diagnosed chikungunya contracted from a mosquito bite and a subsequent parvovirus B19 infection.
- Both infections produced intense joint pain, weakness, tremors and extreme fatigue that have left her fitness variable day to day and prevented her from setting a firm plan to start the season.
- There is no specific antiviral cure for either infection, doctors treat symptoms and rest is required, and Goggia says the acute phase is over but she still faces lingering aftereffects.
- She has expressed a clear intent to return to racing as soon as she is fit, but the illness alters preparation for the 24 October World Cup opener in Sölden and raises uncertainty ahead of the 2027 world championships in Crans-Montana.
- Chikungunya is a mosquito‑borne virus known for prolonged joint pain and fatigue and parvovirus B19 is uncommon and sometimes severe in adults, showing how overseas preseason camps can carry vector and infection risks for elite athletes.