Mikaela Shiffrin has to take a longer break. © AFP / PIERRE TEYSSOT

Complications: Shiffrin threatens to end season

Ski star Mikaela Shiffrin may not return to the World Cup this winter.

17 December 2024

From: apa

Due to complications following her fall injury, the American has now indicated that a comeback is unclear. "I think if everything had gone perfectly and the drainage had simply been removed, we would have been pretty sure that the season would be possible," she told the portal skiracing.com.

However, her return depends on developments in the coming weeks and months, explained the injured exceptional athlete. She is not in great pain and can walk slowly or climb stairs. However, it is too early to say when and if she will be racing again this season.

Complicated recovery

Shiffrin fell at her home race, the giant slalom in Killington, at the end of November and suffered a severe stab wound to her stomach. She has been out since then. Last Thursday she had to undergo a "small unexpected operation," as she announced on Instagram.

The recovery did not go as hoped. Fluid had to be removed and a torn muscle near the pelvis had to be treated, reported Shiffrin. The 29-year-old is currently recovering in her home in Colorado.

Shiffrin currently has 99 World Cup victories. In Killington, she was on her way to breaking the mark of 100 victories, which had long been considered unattainable, before her fall severely slowed her down.