1 year, 1 month ago

Mikaela Shiffrin to skip World Cup ski races in Andorra to allow injured left knee more time to heal

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will skip giant slalom and slalom races this weekend in Andorra to give her knee more time to mend. Shiffrin, who’s chasing her sixth overall World Cup title this season, was hurt in a crash nearly two weeks ago during a downhill event at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. And when I am able to get back to racing that I’m able to do it strong and securely and go for it.” Shiffrin, who has a record 95 World Cup wins over her career, crashed into the safety net at high speed on Jan. 26 at the course which will be used for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. “To be honest, it’s going to be really dictated by how my knee and how things react to the higher loads and to our schedule as well,” Shiffrin said.

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6 days, 21 hours ago

Shiffrin steadily overcoming PTSD in giant slalom after crash, focus on slalom at World Cup finals

Hindustan Times

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Mikaela Shiffrin's flashbacks to her November crash in a giant slalom race are happening less and less when she's training. While the other racers compete in the GS on Tuesday at World Cup finals in Sun Valley, Shiffrin plans to squeeze in some training in the slalom. “My processing speed and the mind-body connection has come …

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup podiums record with 3rd place in a slalom won by Katharina Truppe

Associated Press

ARE, Sweden — Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom. “I maybe wasn’t always perfect but I was pushing really hard.” Shiffrin’s 156th top-3 result in her World Cup career broke a tie with Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark. Shiffrin won her medal aged 15 …

1 month, 1 week ago

Mikaela Shiffrin makes history with 100th World Cup win

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mikaela Shiffrin gets historic 100th World Cup race win and ties record for most podiums

Associated Press

SESTRIERE, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin is 100% the best in skiing’s World Cup history book. Shiffrin’s record-extending 100th career World Cup race win Sunday fulfilled a quest put on hold by a serious crash in November. The 29-year-old Shiffrin also tied an all-time World Cup record for men and women, as her 155th career top-3 finish on the podium matched …

1 month, 1 week ago

Mikaela Shiffrin fails to qualify for second run in giant slalom event for first time since 2012

CNN

CNN — Mikaela Shiffrin failed to qualify for a second run in a giant slalom event for the first time since 2012 while competiting at a World Cup race in Sestriere, Italy on Saturday, since she finished outside the top 30 skiers. But she was competing in the giant slalom for just the second time since suffering a puncture wound …

1 month, 1 week ago

Italian skier Brignone wins, Shiffrin takes ‘big step’ as 25th in her first GS race after injury

Associated Press

SESTRIERE, Italy — Federica Brignone overcame a recent illness to win the first World Cup giant slalom after taking gold at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, while Mikaela Shiffrin finished 25th in the American’s first race in the discipline in nearly 12 weeks. “But sometimes, when you’re used to being in the position to fight for top 10s, …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gold, silver or bronze. Mikaela Shiffrin has never finished off the podium in a slalom at the worlds

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — The good news for Mikaela Shiffrin is that she no longer feels pain in her abdomen 2½ months after a deep puncture wound nearly pierced her colon. The rest of my body hurts because I’m not really used to skiing still.” Even without much racing in her legs, Shiffrin was able to put down the third-fastest slalom …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin, fellow ski racers, clear mental hurdles after traumatic injury at their own speed

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — From a physical standpoint, Mikaela Shiffrin is back to her winning form after a serious crash. So your brain is left with this puzzle memory of, ‘Whoa, what happened there?’” explained Ben Foodman, a psychotherapist and performance specialist who has no ties with Shiffrin but has worked with professional race car drivers, Major League Baseball players, Olympians, …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shiffrin says she’s dealing with PTSD after crash and won’t defend giant slalom title at ski worlds

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin says she is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder following a crash in November and will not defend her gold medal in giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships. “I’m mentally blocked in being able to get to the next level of pace and speed and putting power into the turns,” Shiffrin said in an …

Mikaela Shiffrin won’t team up with Lindsey Vonn in skiing dream team at Alpine worlds

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin won’t team up with Lindsey Vonn in skiing dream team at Alpine worlds

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin is not going to pair with Lindsey Vonn in a dream team at the Alpine skiing world championships. While Shiffrin returned last week and placed 10th in a slalom in Courchevel, France, after nearly two months out following a crash in Killington, Vermont, she said she’s “continuing to take it one step at a time …

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 10th in World Cup slalom on her injury comeback as Ljutic wins

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2 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 10th in World Cup slalom on her injury comeback as Ljutic wins

Hindustan Times

COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. “Also before the world championships it was so important to get this start.” The worlds in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria are next month, where Shiffrin will be eyeing medals in giant …

2 months ago

Alpine skiing-Ljutic wins World Cup slalom at Courchevel, Shiffrin 10th

Hindustan Times

-Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup win of the season on Thursday in the women's slalom in Courchevel, France, where Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th on her return from an injury suffered two months ago. The result lifted Ljutic, who did not have a World Cup win to her name five weeks ago, into second place in the season-long …

2 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin finishes 10th in World Cup slalom on her injury comeback as Ljutic wins

Associated Press

COURCHEVEL, France — Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. “I’m catching up to the fastest in the world so I have a lot of work to do.” A massive 62 of Shiffrin’s 99 World Cup wins have been …

2 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin prioritizes recovery over chasing World Cup win No. 100 in return from ski crash

Hindustan Times

Mikaela Shiffrin's pursuit of World Cup win No. “To be here at this point is just so incredible,” Shiffrin said in a video she recorded ahead of Thursday's competition. “It was very much the first race that helped me believe on any level that I might be able to return to the form that I had before my dad’s accident,” …

2 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin prioritizes recovery over chasing World Cup win No. 100 in return from ski crash

Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of World Cup win No. “To be here at this point is just so incredible,” Shiffrin said in a video she recorded ahead of Thursday’s competition. “It was very much the first race that helped me believe on any level that I might be able to return to the form that I had before my dad’s accident,” …

2 months, 1 week ago

Shiffrin set for World Cup skiing return at Courchevel

Hindustan Times

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. See you soon," the American wrote on Instagram after announcing on NBC that she would be "heading over to Europe in the next couple days to race first …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Shiffrin likely won’t have a target date for ski racing return for another 7-10 days, US coach says

Associated Press

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — 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, U.S. “She’s been working with Regan every day since the injury happened,” Kristofic …

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin aiming to be back on snow ‘in the next week or so’ following November crash

Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin is back in the gym and aiming to be on snow “in the next week or so,” the American skiing star said more than a month after suffering a deep puncture wound in her hip area. Shiffrin was nearing the finish of her second run of the giant slalom, chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, when she …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Shiffrin recovering after abdominal surgery to clean out deep puncture wound suffered in race crash

Associated Press

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Mikaela Shiffrin is recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery on Thursday night to clean out a puncture wound she received in a giant slalom crash two weeks ago. The 29-year-old Shiffrin explained in her post Saturday that her surgery was unexpected and came “after feeling a bit under the weather.” She’s been using a wound vacuum to …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

With World Cup in her backyard, Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Kilde — skiing’s golden couple — focus on recovery

New York Times

This wasn’t the way alpine skiing aficionados drew it up when they scheduled men’s and women’s speed races on the famed Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colo., on back-to-back weekends this month. They figured the events held major potential for a celebration of the sport’s golden couple: American Mikaela Shiffrin, who might be closing in on her record …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Lindsey Vonn, at 40, returns to competitive skiing, earns World Cup eligibility

New York Times

Nearly six years after her retirement, American alpine skiing legend Lindsey Vonn returned to competition this weekend in Copper Mountain, Colo., with two races each in the downhill and Super-G. Her performance earned her the eligibility to request a wild card into World Cup races, the FIS — international skiing’s governing body — confirmed to The Athletic. “Well … after …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin feeling ‘more human’ after crashing out in giant slalom event

CNN

CNN — Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful alpine skier of all time, said she is feeling better after crashing out of the women’s giant slalom during last weekend’s Stifel Killington Cup in Vermont. “This is another fairly ambiguous injury and really hard to put a timeline of when I’ll be either back on snow or back to racing.” Shiffrin struggled …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin suffers abdominal puncture wound but no bone or ligament damage in Killington crash

Associated Press

KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a deep puncture wound on the right side of her abdomen and “severe muscle trauma” during her scary crash in a giant slalom race on Saturday but no serious bone, ligament or organ damage. Ski Team said in a statement sent out before the start of the slalom, which was won by Swiss skier …

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Mikaela Shiffrin suffers abdominal puncture wound but no bone or ligament damage in Killington crash

The Independent

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4 months ago

Terrifying moment Olympic ski star Mikaela Shiffrin suffers horror crash and is stretchered off mountain at World Cup

Daily Mail

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin was alert and being evaluated for injuries after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Mikaela Shiffrin takes a scary fall during her second Giant Slalom run at the Women's World Cup Medics drag Shiffrin off the mountain on a …

Mikaela Shiffrin suffers abrasion on hip during crash on final run of World Cup giant slalom

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4 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin suffers abrasion on hip during crash on final run of World Cup giant slalom

Associated Press

KILLINGTON, Vt. — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin said she suffered an abrasion on her left hip and that something “stabbed” her when she crashed during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. Shiffrin rarely DNFs — ski racing parlance for “did not finish.” In 274 World Cup …

4 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin crashes in pursuit of 100th World Cup win

LA Times

Mikaela Shiffrin led after the first run of a World Cup giant slalom event in Killington, Vt., on Saturday. American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin was alert and being evaluated for injuries after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing. The 29-year-old Shiffrin was leading after …

4 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out of women’s giant slalom amid chase for 100th World Cup race victory

CNN

CNN — Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid to win her 100th World Cup race victory took a hit on Saturday, after the 29-year-old crashed out of the giant slalom during this weekend’s Stifel Killington Cup in Vermont. She added that all scans have been clear so far and was grateful for all the “support and concern.” On Sunday, US Ski and Snowboard …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Shiffrin takes 99th World Cup victory

China Daily

Mikaela Shiffrin checks her time at the finish area of the women's World Cup slalom in Gurgl, Austria on Saturday. "I guess it's not impossible, but so many things have to go right," Shiffrin said Saturday in the Austrian Alps after earning her record-extending 99th victory — which was this season's second slalom. "I guess there is a bit of …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Shiffrin takes 99th World Cup victory

China Daily

4 months, 1 week ago

Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom and takes quest for her 100th victory to North America

Associated Press

GURGL, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin is taking the quest for her 100th career World Cup victory to North America. “I guess it’s not impossible, but so many things have to go right,” Shiffrin said Saturday in the Austrian Alps after earning her record-extending 99th victory — which was this season’s second slalom. Austria’s Katharina Liensberger speeds down the course during …

Shiffrin gets out of the gate early with 98th World Cup win

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shiffrin gets out of the gate early with 98th World Cup win

China Daily

Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course at the women's World Cup slalom race in Levi, Finland, on Saturday. AP LEVI, Finland — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending 98th career World Cup win on Saturday to give herself the chance to compete for victory No 100 in front of a home crowd. On Saturday, Shiffrin dominated the first …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Shiffrin gets out of the gate early with 98th World Cup win

China Daily

4 months, 2 weeks ago

US skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins 1st World Cup slalom of season for her 98th career victory

Associated Press

LEVI, Finland — American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending 98th career World Cup win Saturday to give herself the chance to compete for victory No. On Saturday, Shiffrin dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of the season for her 98th win. Shiffrin built on a big first-run lead with an aggressive yet controlled second run down the …

5 months ago

Unheralded Hensien Leads US Ski Team with Shiffrin and O'Brien to Best GS Result in 32 Years

Associated Press

The US women's ski team had a strong showing at the season-opening GS event in Austria, with Unheralded Katie Hensien placing fourth, followed by Mikaela Shiffrin in fifth and Nina O'Brien in seventh. Hensien and O'Brien sat out last season with injuries but returned to top-level racing after 19 months with career-best results.

5 months, 1 week ago

Mikaela Shiffrin is back and hunting for the next milestone as a new season begins

New York Times

For Mikaela Shiffrin, the goalposts keep moving. Now, with Shiffrin getting back to racing as the alpine season begins this weekend in Soelden, Austria, the talk has shifted to when she will get her 100th win, a rather silly number that few would have contemplated not long ago, before Shiffrin started collecting wins and crystal globes for season-long championships like …

1 year ago

Shiffrin caps injury-marred ski season with record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — For Mikaela Shiffrin, the award for the best slalom skier this season is different from the 15 crystal globes the American star won earlier in her career. Shiffrin capped her campaign that was marred by a recent six-week injury layoff with her record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall at the World Cup finals Saturday. It …

1 year ago

Shiffrin wins 1st race after six-week injury layoff to lock up World Cup slalom season title

Associated Press

ARE, Sweden — All Mikaela Shiffrin has been really looking for in her first race back after a six-week injury layoff was “good skiing.” What she got, though, was even by the American star’s standards “an insane way to return.” Shiffrin made a triumphant comeback to the World Cup Sunday, dominating the season’s penultimate slalom for career win 96 and …

1 year ago

Shiffrin concedes ski World Cup title ahead of comeback, talks of Kilde’s ‘life and death’ injury

Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin is no longer challenging for a women’s record-tying sixth World Cup overall title this month, and on Friday praised standings leader Lara Gut-Behrami for her “stunning” skiing. Both crashed hard in downhill races in January and Shiffrin revealed the deep laceration Kilde suffered in his calf was “a life or death situation.” Shiffrin returns to racing on Sunday, …

1 year ago

Mikaela Shiffrin preparing to return from downhill crash at slalom race in Sweden this weekend

Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin’s return from her downhill crash is still on schedule for this weekend in Sweden, though the American standout might only enter one of the two World Cup races at the resort in Are. “Mikaela is improving in slalom and feels that the slalom race is still realistic, but the GS is in question,” Shiffrin’s team said in a …

1 year, 1 month ago

Heavy snowfall prompts cancellation of women’s World Cup super-G race in Val di Fassa

Associated Press

MOENA, Italy — Heavy overnight snowfall prompted World Cup organizers to cancel a women’s super-G in Val di Fassa on Sunday — wiping out the entire weekend after Saturday’s race was also canceled. “Due to the heavy overnight snowfall and the current slope conditions, the jury together with the LOC decided to cancel today’s women’s super-G race,” the International Ski …

1 year, 2 months ago

Shiffrin sore but relieved after avoiding more serious injury in downhill crash

Associated Press

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — After one of the scariest crashes of her career, Mikaela Shiffrin is relieved it wasn’t worse. The American skier with a record 95 World Cup wins is “pretty sore,” her coach said, but doesn’t appear to have any ligament damage in her left knee. “She’s actually quite good,” U.S. team coach Paul Kristofic said after Shiffrin …

1 year, 2 months ago

Shiffrin gets career win 95 in first World Cup slalom after season-ending injury for rival Vlhova

Associated Press

JASNA, Slovakia — Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women’s World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star’s main rival sustained a season-ending injury. “We’re missing somebody really big today, we missed Petra a lot, so it’s wonderful that you stayed,” Shiffrin addressed the Slovakian spectators in a course-side interview. It …

1 year, 2 months ago

Shiffrin rival Vlhova out for season with knee injury after crash in home World Cup race in Slovakia

Associated Press

JASNA, Slovakia — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova, who is Mikaela Shiffrin’s long-term rival in slalom, was ruled out for the rest of the World Cup season after sustaining a knee injury Saturday during the first run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom close to her hometown. Vlhova, who was the 2019 world GS champion and beat Shiffrin to the …

1 year, 2 months ago

Ski star Kilde dislocated shoulder in crash, posts photo from hospital with Shiffrin at bedside

Associated Press

BERN, Switzerland — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dislocated his shoulder in a nasty crash and posted a photograph Sunday with partner Mikaela Shiffrin at his bedside in a hospital in Bern where he had surgery. Shiffrin is next due to race in Austria on Tuesday and the American ski superstar came to the Swiss capital after her partner’s crash …

1 year, 2 months ago

Ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde airlifted from downhill course after crashing hard at Wengen

Associated Press

WENGEN, Switzerland — Downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde crashed hard into the fences within sight of the finish in the long Lauberhorn race in the World Cup on Saturday and seemed to have injured his right leg before being airlifted to a hospital. For the second straight day at Wengen, a former men’s overall World Cup champion was carried away …

1 year, 3 months ago

Shiffrin wins last World Cup ski race of 2023 by huge margin of 2.34 seconds for 93rd career win

Associated Press

LIENZ, Austria — Mikaela Shiffrin always seems to raise the bar even further when it’s the last World Cup race of the year. The American star finished 2023 with an eye-catching performance even by her standards, winning a slalom race by a huge margin of 2.34 seconds on Friday for her 93rd career victory. “It’s a very nice feeling right …

1 year, 3 months ago

Mikaela Shiffrin masters tough course conditions at women’s World Cup GS for career win 92

Associated Press

LIENZ, Austria — When Mikaela Shiffrin can coast through the second run and still win the race, her rivals know the American has rediscovered her best skiing in giant slalom. Seeking her first win of the season in the discipline, Shiffrin held on to a big first-run lead to triumph in a women’s World Cup GS amid tough course conditions …

1 year, 3 months ago

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