Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. The 21-year-old Ljutic has won three of the past four slaloms.
U.S. alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has returned to World Cup competition after an injury in November that knocked her out of racing.
American Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in Courchevel, France with a time of 1:47.10. It was her first race in exactly two months since injuring herself in a crash during the giant slalom in Killington,
U.S. superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin announced her return to racing several weeks after her Killington crash.
Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. The 21-year-old Ljutic has won three of the past four slaloms.
American Mikaela Shiffrin, chasing her 100th World Cup victory, was fifth fastest in the first run of Thursday's slalom race in Courchevel. In her first appearance since November following an injury,
Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup win of the season on Thursday in the women's slalom in Courchevel, France, where Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th on her return from an injury suffered two months ago.
Shiffrin made some post-injury turns earlier this month, calling the three mellow laps she made “a successful on-snow test," and, according to the Associated Press, has undergone slalom training amidst her recovery.
American ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin returned from an injury lay-off with her worst slalom result in more than decade, placing 10th on Thursday in Courchevel where Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic claimed an emphatic statement victory.
Croatia's Zrinka Ljutic earned her third World Cup win of the season on Thursday in the women's slalom in Courchevel, France, where Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th on her return from an injury suffered two months ago.
Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of World Cup win No. 100 isn’t at the top of her priority list on the eve of her return to ski racing two months after a serious crash.