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Two-time Olympic golden medalist Mikaela Shiffrin updated fans aft a devastating clang near her with a "punctured abdomen" Nov. 30.
By Gibson Johns Dec 02, 2024 7:01 PMTags
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A scary infinitesimal for skier Mikaela Shiffrin.
The two-time Olympic golden medalist suffered a terrifying clang portion competing successful a World Cup competition, the Stifel Killington Cup successful Vermont, Nov. 30. The 29-year-old deed 2 gates earlier crashing into a obstruction during a elephantine slalom event, which yet resulted successful "severe musculus trauma," the U.S. Ski Team said successful a statement.
Shiffrin, who was sidelined from the remainder of the lawsuit arsenic a effect of her injury, elaborate her clang the pursuing day, telling NBC Sports Dec. 1 that she has a "stab wound" successful 1 of her oblique muscles, but that it's unclear precisely what punctured her abdomen.
"We’re conscionable not wholly definite however I got punctured," she said. "All things considered, rather lucky."
The skier besides shared a connection for her fans straight from her infirmary furniture pursuing the incident, revealing that she'd beryllium cheering connected her teammates "from the sidelines" for the remainder of the competition.
"Not truly excessively overmuch origin for interest astatine this point," she said successful the Dec. 1 TikTok video. "I conscionable can't move. I person a beauteous bully abrasion, and thing stabbed me."
"I americium truthful atrocious to scare everybody," Shiffrin continued. "It looks similar each scans truthful acold are clear, truthful convey you for the enactment and interest and congratulations to the winners and my teammates for unthinkable performances."
Quick update. Thank you for your cheers and support. Wishing the champion of luck to my teammates tomorrow!! I’ll beryllium cheering from the sidelines connected this one.🙏❤️
♬ archetypal dependable - mikaelashiffrinThough the lawsuit enactment said successful a connection to NBC News that "Shiffrin was cleared of large injury," the jock is unsure astir erstwhile she'd beryllium capable to instrumentality to competition.
"Right present I’m beauteous constricted successful doing anything," she shared. "But we’ll spot however it goes the adjacent mates days."
The U.S. Ski Team shed much airy connected her existent information and mindsight the time aft the crash, arsenic well.
"After the crash, Mikaela was successful shock, incapable to determination and concerns astir interior organ trauma," the statement read. "While she's incredibly grateful there's nary ligament oregon bony damage, the puncture coiled connected her abdomen and her terrible musculus trauma marque it intolerable for her to vie oregon adjacent locomotion good astatine the moment."
"Missing this race, which means truthful overmuch to her, is heartbreaking, but her precedence is healing," the connection continued earlier adding that Shiffrin volition beryllium "taking the clip needed for a afloat recovery."
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