Mikaela Shiffrin

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Shiffrin Crashes Seeking 100th World Cup Victory
Shiffrin's Injuries
Include Deep Puncture
updated
Dec 1, 2024 10:30 AM CST

Shiffrin's Injuries Include Deep Puncture

Racer says she was in shock after crash in Vermont

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin's bones and internal organs "look OK," the US Ski team said Sunday, but the skier suffered a deep puncture wound on the right side of her abdomen and severe muscle trauma in her crash during a giant slalom race. The skier did not receive stitches...

Shiffrin Returns From Injury a Winner

American clinches season slalom title

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return to the Alpine skiing World Cup after a six-week injury layoff Sunday, dominating the season's penultimate slalom for career win 96 and locking up her record-equaling eighth season title in the discipline. Racing for the first time since hurting her left knee in...

Top Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Loses Control, Crashes

She is hospitalized with possible leg injury

(Newser) - America's biggest active skiing star lost control halfway through a World Cup run in Italy on Friday before crashing at a high speed into the safety nets. Mikaela Shiffrin limped away, leaning on her skis, and an ambulance took her to a hospital in Cortina d'Ampezzo to be...

Shiffrin Sets Career Giant Slalom Record

US star also passes Lindsey Vonn on podium finishes

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin won her 21st career giant slalom at the World Cup Finals on Sunday as the American standout ended the season with yet another record. The victory in Soldeu, Andorra, moved Shiffrin past Vreni Schneider, a week after matching the Swiss skier's mark of 20 World Cup GS...

American Mikaela Shiffrin Just Made History

She wins 83rd World Cup race, becomes most successful female skier in history

(Newser) - Exhaustion. Relief. Satisfaction. American skier Mikaela Shiffrin felt all that and more after winning a record 83rd World Cup race Tuesday. Shiffrin’s giant slalom victory broke a tie on the all-time women’s list with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn, who retired four years ago when injuries cut her...

For American Mikaela Shiffrin, a Milestone Skiing Victory

She ties Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record of 82 wins

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. Shiffrin led from start to finish to win a giant slalom by a large margin and can now break Vonn’s mark in a night slalom scheduled for Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday, per...

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