American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a crash during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race, explaining she had an abrasion on her left hip and felt something 'stab' her during the fall. She remains in good spirits after initial scans showed no significant injuries.
American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin crashed after catching an edge in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, did a somersault and wound up in the protective fencing.
"Not really too much cause for concern at this point, I just can't move," she said later in a video posted on social media. "I have a pretty good abrasion and something stabbed me. ... I'm so sorry to scare everybody. It looks like all scans so far are clear." Reigning Olympic GS champion Sara Hector of Sweden won in a combined time of 1 minute, 53.08 seconds. But her thoughts were instead with Shiffrin.
Saturday was shaping up to be a banner day for Shiffrin, who skied flawlessly in her first run and held a 0.32-second lead as she chased after her 100th World Cup win in front of a home crowd. Shiffrin grew up in both New Hampshire and Colorado and sharpened her skills at nearby Burke Mountain Academy.
Shiffrin has not suffered as many devastating injuries as many ski racers have. In her 14-year career, she has only had to rehab two injuries that happened on the hill: a torn medial collateral ligament and bone bruising in her right knee in December 2015 and a sprained MCL and tibiofibular ligament in her left knee after a downhill crash in January 2024. Neither knee injury required surgery and both times Shiffrin was back to racing within two months.
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