Excellent news from the slopes of the French Alps where Mikaela Shiffrin made her return to ski racing after two months away from the sport due to a severe abdominal injury suffered during a race in Killington.

Shiffrin is still chasing her 100th World Cup win but was pleased with her 10 place finish at Courchevel given the circumstances:

“Last night was really such a huge step forward—feeling the race-day intensity, skiing the full-length course, fighting through challenging conditions—and I’m so proud of everything that went into taking that step and doing it successfully. Everyone wanted to know what a “successful” return to racing would look like in my head, well, that was it!”

It lifts our heart to see Mikaela battling through tough conditions and back in the game where she belongs after a grueling 61 day rehab. She is tough as hell and we have no doubt her magic 100th victory will happen sooner than later. GO MIKAELA!

Mikaela Shiffrin Statement:

What a night. It’s so incredible to be back racing, to see everyone, and to witness the level of SL skiing in person. Zrinka Ljutić skiing is just outstanding. Sara Hector and Lena Duerr also laid it down. The competition is high and it was so exciting (and nerve racking) to be part of that again!

At the same time, it’s quite daunting to think about all the work that lies ahead in returning to my top form. But we’ve come this far by focusing on all of the little details, and that is how we will continue forward.

Last night was really such a huge step forward—feeling the race-day intensity, skiing the full-length course, fighting through challenging conditions—and I’m so proud of everything that went into taking that step and doing it successfully. Everyone wanted to know what a “successful” return to racing would look like in my head, well, that was it!

And now we have a gauge of where I stand and a bit of a roadmap on how we want to move forward! I’m so thankful to my team for the work they have done to this point to help me make it this far, this quickly.

Also thankful to see my teammates walk/ski away from some pretty wild DNF’s in challenging conditions…Paula Moltzan you are insane.

-Mikaela Shiffrin

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