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First there are the hard facts. Mikaela Shiffrin (28, USA) announces in a virtual media round that she will only ski the slalom in Are (Sd), but not the giant slalom. And at the World Cup final in Saalbach (Austria)? She omits the speed disciplines.
“I have been trying to return earlier in recent weeks. On the one hand, my heart was bleeding because I also wanted to drive. On the other hand, it was wonderful to see how Lara drove, for example. At a certain point it became clear to me that we had to stop the bleeding – the whole World Cup train had taken off.”
“He couldn’t even go to the toilet”
On the day of her fall in Cortina (It), Shiffrin still had a large lead in the battle for the large crystal ball. This has melted away so much during her absence that she no longer has a chance. “I never thought about dismissal. Because you quickly noticed that something was wrong with my knee, but the rest was intact,” said the 95-time World Cup winner.
Something else was much more important anyway: the serious injury of her friend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (31). We remember: The Norwegian fell heavily during the Lauberhorn descent, injured his shoulder and suffered a deep cut in his calf. “In the first hours after the accident it was a matter of life and death,” Shiffrin said.
Shiffrin emphasizes that it was immediately clear to her that she had to go to Kilde in Innsbruck (Austria) as quickly as possible. Her boyfriend was in the hospital there. “You have no experience with something like that. For the first two weeks he could not get up or go to the toilet. He still has a long way to go, but he’s getting better.”
Although they were in Innsbruck together, they did separate rehabs. “We were at least able to eat together a few times. But his injury was much worse than mine and that’s why we had different programs.”
Good-Behrami? “I love watching her”
And about Gut-Behrami (32)? Shiffrin only finds nice words. “I love watching her ski. I think Lara has taken the level of our sport to a new level this winter.”
Source : Blick
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