On Nov. 30, Shiffrin crashed in a giant slalom run in Killington, Vermont, while bidding to become the first Alpine skier to reach 100 World Cup victories. She tumbled over and sustained a puncture wound seven centimeters deep into the right side of her abdomen, tearing into her external and internal oblique muscles.

U.S. superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin announced her return to racing several weeks after her Killington crash.

Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to get back on the slopes. The 29-year-old, two-time Olympic gold medalist exclusively announced on the Jan. 23 episode of TODAY that she is returning to competition after injuring herself last year during a race.

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.

Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from her ski crash two months ago and tells The Associated Press she plans to return to World Cup racing next Thursday at a slalom event in Courchevel, France.

Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami won the last women's World Cup super-G before the world championships for her first victory of the season, while Lindsey Vonn placed 13th on Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen,

World Cup overall title holder Lara Gut-Behrami claimed her first win of the season with a triumph on Sunday in the super-G in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Skiing brilliantly from top to bottom,

Lindsey Vonn bounced back with a 13th-place finish in the Super-G a day after skiing out of the downhill in Germany.

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Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength ... who plans to make her World Cup return at a slalom race in Courchevel, France, next Thursday. Her journey to the start gate ...

Gut-Behrami has now won at least one World Cup race in 11 of the past 12 seasons, with 2018-19 the only exception. She closed the gap to leader Brignone in the overall season standings to 70 points.