Mikaela Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in skiing, described one of her injuries sustained in Sunday’s dramatic World Cup collision as a “stab wound.”
In a statement released on Sunday, the U.S. Ski Team reported that seven-time world champion Shiffrin had been discharged from a hospital and was recuperating from a puncture wound to her right abdomen.
The group, which manages the U.S. Olympic ski team, said the Saturday fall at the Stifel Killington Cup in Vermont caused “severe muscle trauma.”
When a ski caught an edge during a giant slalom run, 29-year-old Shiffrin was aiming for her 100th World Cup victory when she fell into two gates and then into a rail.
Shiffrin discussed the effects of the collision, which prevented her from attending the Killington race, while seeing a tape that was presented on the broadcast during her appearance on NBC Sports and NBC Olympics on Sunday.
“Oh. My own. “Goodness,” she said from a distance in Vermont. “You guys have a great angle. This is really beautiful.
She claimed that she tumbled several times in the crash but bounced off the fence before coming to a stop when the competition stopped and help arrived.
Regarding her mentality, Shiffrin stated, “I was deliberately trying to run the most aggressive line I could.”
It was discovered that she had sustained a puncture wound in an oblique muscle, which is a pair of muscles in the lower front torso, when she was sent to a hospital, according to Shiffrin.
She stated, “I have a stab wound, basically,”
“What caused the injury is unclear,” she stated.
Shiffrin remarked, “We’re just not totally sure how I got punctured,”
Shiffrin claimed to have viewed the crash’s video for the first time. She remarked, “All things considered, quite lucky,”
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In a video posted on TikTok on Saturday, she nonchalantly addressed her fans from her hospital bed, saying, “Not really too much cause for concern at this point.”
“Team Shiffrin” sent a message on Instagram on Sunday, stating that although she is unable to “walk well,” the U.S. Ski Team is thankful that no organ, bone, or ligament injury was discovered.
“Her priority is healing,” the statement read.
The giant slalom in Killington was won by Camille Rast of Switzerland. It is improbable that Shiffrin will compete at the World Cup race in Beaver Creek, Colorado, this month.
“I’m pretty limited in doing anything right now,” Shiffrin stated on NBC Olympics and NBC Sports. “But we ll see how it goes the next couple days.”
According to her, recovering from previous injuries involving strained muscles has taken roughly two weeks. She claimed that the torn muscle involved in this injury is more serious and takes longer to heal.
According to a statement from Killington Resort that summarized the competition, “Shiffrin was cleared of major injury.” It also mentioned that she has not yet been given a schedule to return to the sport.
On November 23, Shiffrin won her 99th World Cup competition in Gurgl, Austria.
She became what Olympic organizers referred to as “the most successful female alpine skier in World Cup history” last year after matching and surpassing fellow American Lindsey Vonn’s record of 83 World Cup victories.
CORRECTION (December 2, 2024, 12:52 a.m. ET): The skier’s last name was misspelled in the headline of an earlier version of this item. She is not Shriffin; she is Mikaela Shiffrin.
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