Alpine skiing: Mikaela Shiffrin resumes slalom in Courchevel

Mikaela Shiffrin, injured in the abdomen during a fall at the end of November, announced Thursday on her social networks that she would return to the World Cup during the Courchevel slalom on January 30. This a few days before the start of the Worlds in Saalbach.

“Courchevel 01/30… See you soon,” the American wrote on Instagram after announcing on NBC that she was “soon going to Europe to run [sa] first World Cup.

As she headed towards her 100^e victory in the World Cup during the giant of Killington on November 30, Mikaela Shiffrin fell, initially without seriousness. But the next day, the US Ski Federation announced that she suffered a “severe muscle injury” and a “deep” stomach wound.

“I was impaled”

During the fall, the skier’s oblique abdominal muscles were perforated, probably by the hooking of a net or part of a stake: “I was impaled”, explained the 29-year-old skier on December 30, still on his social networks.

“We didn’t really know if I could come back this season, but I was able to get back on the snow and train a little last week, so I will be leaving for Europe in the coming days for my first World Cup. “, indicated the five-time winner of the big globe on Thursday on the “TODAY” show on the NBC channel.

100^e record victory

“I think I’ll have to live with the consequences of this injury until the end of the winter, but it’s not painful,” she added. I was able to regain some of my strength, so physically I’m doing very well.”

Her return to the World Cup on January 30, where she can theoretically get a 100^e record victory on the circuit, comes just before the World Ski Championships, which begin on February 4 in Saalbach, Austria.

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