Skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin was airlifted to a hospital after crashing in a World Cup downhill run on Friday … however, fortunately, she averted severe damage.
The scary incident occurred when Shiffrin — who holds the document with 95 World Cup wins — was going at excessive speeds down the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
In footage of the run, Shiffrin is proven dropping management whereas trying to land a leap about 20 seconds into her race … finally crashing into the protection boundaries.
Pretty certain world cup snowboarding clips aren’t allowed on social media so if everybody’s cool and we’re within the belief tree. Here’s the Mikaela Shiffrin crash nobody within the US is allowed to observe. pic.twitter.com/oCoH15jxRj
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The 28-year-old was transported to a close-by hospital through medical helicopter to judge her leg damage … and it feels like she escaped the incident with none severe concern.
U.S. workforce coach Paul Kristofic spoke about MS’ standing with the AP … saying, “She’s optimistic and in a sure means relieved as a result of it might have been worse. But she’s fairly sore, as you might be for many velocity crashes. But she was fairly upbeat about issues.”
Shiffrin thanked her followers for displaying love after her crash … and gave her workforce a shout-out for ending high 20 within the race.
“Thank you everybody in your help and properly needs. At this level I’m simply taking it daily, and I’ll share extra data or updates as I do know extra,” Shiffrin mentioned on Instagram.
“Very grateful it’s not worse, however I’m fairly sore in the intervening time.”
Shiffrin will sit out Saturday and Sunday’s downhill occasions in Cortina … and her return to the slopes is unknown at the moment.
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“I received’t be snowboarding the remainder of this weekend, and I received’t be snowboarding in Kronplatz,” Shiffrin mentioned.
“Beyond that, it’s fairly onerous to say proper now. Need somewhat time to course of with my workforce and see how every part is feeling within the coming days! Thank you all!🙏”
The crash comes shortly after Shiffrin’s boyfriend — Norweigan skier Aleksander Kilde — had a brutal tumble at a World Cup occasion … leading to a number of accidents and an pressing surgical procedure.
Get properly quickly!!