Killington (United States) (AFP) – Mikaela Shiffrin said there was “not really too much cause for concern” after she crashed out of the World Cup giant slalom at Killington on Saturday, but the US superstar will miss Sunday’s slalom.
“Hi guys,” Shiffrin said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, from the clinic where she was treated after being taken off the hill on a sled. “Not really too much cause for concern at this point,” she said. “I just can’t move. I have a pretty good abrasion,” she added, indicating an area near the front of her left hip, where, she said, “something stabbed me.”
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“I am so sorry to scare everybody, and it looks like all the scans so far are clear,” said Shiffrin, who was chasing a landmark 100th World Cup victory when she crashed out while leading in the second leg of Saturday’s race. “So thank you for all the support and concern, and congratulations to the winners and to my teammates for incredible performances.”
In text accompanying the video, she added: “Wishing the best of luck to my teammates tomorrow!! I’ll be cheering from the sidelines on this one.”
Shiffrin, who led after the first leg, had a lead of 17-hundredths of a second over eventual race winner Sara Hector when she appeared to catch an edge heading into the steep final section of the course. She hit a gate and somersaulted into another before sliding into the catch-fencing, but gave a wave to fans as she was taken off the hill.
The 29-year-old already has 13 more World Cup wins than the most successful man, Ingemar Stenmark, and 17 more than the second woman, compatriot Lindsey Vonn. Needing three wins to hit 100 to start the season, she bagged her 98th and 99th career titles with back-to-back slalom wins in Levi, Finland, and Gurgl, Austria. That gave her a chance to complete her century in front of home fans in Killington, not far from where she attended Burke Mountain Academy as a youngster, but that pursuit has now been put on hold.
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