Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin will return to alpine skiing competition next week, the American star announced Thursday on the “Today” show. She’ll compete in the World Cup event in Courchevel, France, where a slalom race is scheduled for Jan. 30, two months to the day after she was injured in a bad fall.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who injured her abdomen in a fall at the end of November, said Thursday that she would be returning to the World Cup at the Courchevel slalom on January 30.
Mikaela Shiffrin said on Thursday she will resume her chase for a milestone 100th World Cup win next week in Courchevel, France two months after a crash in a giant slalom race left her with a puncture wound in her left abdomen.
US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin will return to the World Cup after a two-month injury break in next Thursday's slalom in Courchevel. The event in France is the last women's race before the World Championships in Austria's Saalbach-Hinterglemm at the beginning of February.
Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games, her team said Monday.
Mikaela Shiffrin is back on snow and skiing regularly again at home in Colorado. When she'll return to racing after an unusual puncture wound to her side remains "a moving target" that probably won't be figured out for another week to 10 days.
Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain.That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington,
Mikaela Shiffrin reacted to fellow US skier Lauren Macuga, who won her first World Cup win in super-G in Sankt Anton, Austria. Shiffrin is currently on a break from skiing because of an injury she ...