Mikaela Shiffrin to return from injury at January World Cup event in Courchevel after 'gruelling' rehabilitation
Published 23/01/2025 at 18:56 GMT
Mikaela Shiffrin announced that she plans to return from injury when she races at a World Cup event in Courchevel, France on January 30. The two-time Olympic champion endured a puncture wound and severe muscle trauma while attempting to claim a record-extending 100th World Cup win at an event in Killington, Vermont back in November. She said she is now in a "really good place physically".
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Mikaela Shiffrin will make her return from injury when she races at a World Cup event in France next week, the two-time Olympic champion announced.
In November, the American sustained a puncture wound to the side of her abdomen and severe muscle trauma at an event in Killington, Vermont, after she crashed into safety netting during the giant slalom.
Shiffrin had been attempting to claim a record-extending 100th World Cup win when she crashed.
Speaking to NBC’s Today programme, the 29-year-old admitted rehabilitation from her "seven-centimetre-deep puncture wound", had been "gruelling", but added she was now in a "really good place physically".
"I got impaled back in November, and I had about a seven-centimetre-deep puncture wound, or stab wound, into my obliques," she explained. "So that's been quite a gruelling process of rehab and trying to recover.
"I think it's been a little bit uncertain whether I could even return this season, but I've been able to get on snow. I've been able to train a little bit the past week or so."
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Mikaela Shiffrin injured herself at an event in Killington, Vermont.
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Shiffrin added that she would return to competitive racing on January 30 for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup event in Courchevel.
"I think we're going to be dealing with sort of the remnants of this injury throughout the rest of the season. But it's not painful," she continued. "My muscles are working again. I've been able to get my strength built back up. So I'm in a really good place physically.
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"I think the next step is racing. That's the next step of this recovery.
"So the recovery is not really over, but I'm strong enough to get back in the start gate and that's the next phase of this progression."
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