Fourteen months ago, Mikaela Shiffrin lay in the snow at Killington, Vermont, clutching her side, confused and terrified. A puncture wound in her abdomen—just one millimeter shy of her colon—had her staring at a nightmare she couldn’t even understand.
Doctors told her she was lucky to be alive.
What she accomplished Wednesday on an Italian mountain will be remembered for generations.
The Crash That Could Have Ended Everything
It all began on November 30, 2024. Shiffrin was chasing her 100th World Cup victory when her ski caught an edge. She tumbled violently into two gates and slammed into a protective fence at high speed.
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