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Mikaela Shiffrin’s Unfortunate Giant Slalom Wreck in Killington, Vermont

 

 

Mikaela Shiffrin experiences a crash in giant slalom at Killington, Vermont


Mikaela Shiffrin’s quest for her 100th World Cup win will need to wait.

 

Shiffrin crashed during her second run in the giant slalom event at Killington, Vermont, on Saturday. This was her first opportunity to secure her 100th victory. She was transported off the hill using a sled and is currently undergoing evaluation, according to U.S. Ski and Snowboard.

“We will provide more information later, but it’s encouraging that she inquired about her run times,” the organization mentioned in a post on X.

It is uncertain whether Shiffrin will participate in Sunday’s slalom event. She has won the Killington slalom six times and has triumphed in the first two slalom races of the current season.

After the first run on Saturday, Shiffrin held a significant lead. However, as shadows began to stretch over the already slick course, she seemed to lose her balance and edge while navigating a gate. This led to a fall where she slid sideways, hitting a gate before crashing into the safety netting alongside the slope.

 

She laid on the ground for several minutes as safety personnel rushed to her aid, and the once boisterous crowd at Killington fell silent.

This marks just the eighth time in Shiffrin’s career that she has not finished a giant slalom event, bringing a surprising end to what began as a promising day.

 

Shiffrin has claimed victory six times at Killington, which is a short two-hour drive from the Burke Mountain Academy she attended as a teen, making it one of her favorite venues. Though she has never won a giant slalom event there, her best placements being third in both last year and in 2019, she started the first run on Saturday with great speed.

 

She maintained a tight line and clocked the second-fastest times on the first two sections before accelerating significantly in the third section. While some of her top rivals struggled with the icy conditions, Shiffrin remarked that she found the surface to be “really great.”

 

“The course and the conditions are truly exceptional,” she commented between runs. “It’s straightforward. There are perhaps some areas where a few stones are surfacing as skiers go down. Some may appear fine, but then their ski slips out.”

“It’s not an issue of lack of grip so much as encountering a stone and losing your edge,” she explained. “That’s pretty typical for this race here.”

Shiffrin’s time during the first run was 55.78 seconds, which was more than three-tenths of a second quicker than Sweden’s Sara Hector. With that advantage, victory seemed within reach, but it wasn’t destined to be.