A
scary
moment
for
skier Mikaela
Shiffrin.
The
two-time
Olympic
gold
medalist
suffered
a
terrifying
crash
while
competing
in
a
World
Cup
competition,
the
Stifel
Killington
Cup
in
Vermont,
Nov.
30.
The
29-year-old
hit
two
gates
before
crashing
into
a
fence
during
a
giant
slalom
event,
which
ultimately
resulted
in “severe
muscle
trauma,”
the
U.S.
Ski
Team
said
in
a
statement.
Shiffrin,
who
was
sidelined
from
the
rest
of
the
event
as
a
result
of
her
injury,
detailed
her
crash
the
following
day,
telling
NBC
Sports
Dec.
1
that
she
has
a “stab
wound”
in
one
of
her
oblique
muscles,
but
that
it’s
unclear
exactly
what
punctured
her
abdomen.
“We’re
just
not
totally
sure
how
I
got
punctured,”
she
said. “All
things
considered,
quite
lucky.”
The
skier
also
shared
a
message
for
her
fans
directly
from
her
hospital
bed
following
the
incident,
revealing
that
she’d
be
cheering
on
her
teammates “from
the
sidelines”
for
the
rest
of
the
competition.
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