[ad_1]
Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a deep stab wound to the abdomen and “severe muscle trauma” during the her race crash on Saturday but she avoided serious damage to bones, ligaments or organs.
The five-time World Cup champion is out of the Killington Cup slalom competition on Sunday. There is no timetable for her return to competition, the US Ski Team said in a statement released before the start of the slalom, which was won by Switzerland’s Camille Rast for her first career World Cup win.
“Following her crash in yesterday’s Stifel Killington Cup giant slalom, Mikaela was sledded and transported by ambulance to be evaluated at Rutland Regional Medical Center,” This was stated by the American ski team. “No damage to connections assessed. Bones and internal organs look good. There is a stab wound on the right side of the abdomen and a severe muscle injury.”
Quick update. Thank you for the applause and support. Good luck to my teammates tomorrow!! I’ll be cheering him on from the sidelines of this one.🙏❤️ pic.twitter.com/5siYwSFxMT
— Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷️ (@MikaelaShiffrin) November 30, 2024
Shiffrin led after the first run of Saturday’s giant slalom as she chased her 100th World Cup victory. With the finish line in sight on her second run, the 29-year-old veered into the hill, lost her edge and slid into her neck, flipping her head onto her skis. She then crashed into another door before coming to a stop at the guardrail.
Shiffrin stayed on the sidelines for a long time. She requested a sled to take her down the mountain because she “was in shock, completely unable to move and worried about internal organ trauma,” Shiffrin said in a statement.
Shiffrin was transported by ambulance to a medical center, where she said doctors decided not to suture the abdominal wound because it was “too deep and there was a risk of infection,” Shiffrin explained.
Shiffrin recovered from two previous injuries on the mound during his 14-year career: a torn medial collateral ligament and a bone bruise in his right knee in December 2015. and a sprained MCL and tibiofibular ligament in his left knee after a downhill crash in January 2024. Neither knee injury required surgery, and in both cases Shiffrin returned to competition within two months.
Injured by the crash, Shiffrin will not attend Sunday’s slalom, a race she dominated. Shiffrin has won six of the seven times she has competed in the slalom at Killington. She is a fan favorite in the gym after growing up in New Hampshire and Colorado and honing her skills at nearby Burke Mountain Academy.
“She can’t walk very well right now, so she can’t make it to the venue, although she’s dying to cheer on her teammates in person,” the team said in a statement. “She’ll be cheering loudly from her seat in Killington.”
[ad_2]
