Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women — Mikaela Shiffrin (Image via: Getty)

Mikaela Shiffrin reveals her 3 positives from the previous week as 29-year-old recovers from injuries sustained in Killington crash

Modified Dec 23, 2024 17:38 GMT

Mikaela Shiffrin recently shared her three positive takes from the last week. This comes just a few weeks after her crash during the FIS Ski World Cup event in Killington.

The 29-year-old faced this injury during her giant slalom performance owing to which she had to undergo an abdominal surgery. She is currently in her recovery process and has also shared glimpses of the same on her social media handles.

She took to her Instagram recently to answer a question asked by one of her friends regarding her three positives from last week. Shiffrin named being able to laugh and drive her car as the first two positives of the last week.

"So the three positive things that happened this week, number one I can laugh, number two I can start driving this week, and number three like too excited about this one, my abs are starting to come back. Okay it's not without so much effort. But it's very exciting."

Before her injury, Shiffrin competed in three World Cup races this season. She clinched two slalom victories in Gurgl and Levi and finished fifth in her Grand Slalom race in Soelden.

Mikaela Shiffrin opens up about the situation surrounding her injury

Mikaela Shiffrin competing in a giant slalom event in Killington, Vermont last month (Image via: Getty Images)

Mikaela Shiffrin recently shed light on the questions revolving around her injury after the crash she faced in Killington last month.

Speaking in an interview, Shiffrin stated that if the medical treatment goes as planned, she would be able to get back to the slopes for the remainder of the season. She also mentioned that she would get a clearer update about coming back after analyzing her improvement process in the coming days. Shiffrin said (via Olympics.com):

"I think if all things had gone perfectly and all the drainage just came out, we were pretty sure the season would be possible. It just depends on how I improve over the next weeks and months. There’s not a lot of precedent for this injury in our sport. We can look at acute oblique tears in baseball, hockey and other sports, but ski racing is different."

Shiffrin also remarked during the interview about the different nature of the injuries that skiers face from other athletes as they don't know the amount of pressure their muscles will face during slalom or giant slalom races.