Comeback by Mikaela Shiffrin with 100 victory?

One last time before the next week World championships in Saalbach The alpine ski elite of women on Thursday can make recommendations on their own behalf for a nomination for the title fights.

With the under floodlights in Courchevel driven Slalom (5 p.m./8:00 p.m., Live ORF 1) should clarify in all camps, who will drive for World Cup medals on February 14th.

The race in France also offers through that Comeback von Mikaela Shiffrin Tension. The 29-year-old had to pause since the end of November when she suffered an abdominal muscle injury with a seven-centimeter deep wound when she falls in the giant slalom from Killington on the way to her supposed 100th World Cup victory.

An operation followed in December, the return was still unsure for a while this winter. Now Shiffrin gives her return to the World Cup exactly two months after the Killington failure after a lot of snowfall in and around Couplevel, certainly driven by the approaching World Cup.

Before the title fights, the record winner of World Cup races now has her second chance of making 100 in victories perfect. For the time being, it will be more important to Shiffrin to get back into the racing rhythm. “The healing process is not over yet, but I feel strong enough to start,” the American reported in the “Today” show on US television in the middle of last week at the announcement of her start.

“I no longer have pain that work the muscles. I feel physically well. ”Of course, you can’t completely rule out the anniversary victory, precisely because it is Shiffrin. She has celebrated some victories in Slalom, giant slalom and even in the departure in Couplevel since her first 13 years ago, and she cleared gold in the giant slalom and silver in slalom and Super-G at the World Championships two years ago.

During her last Couplevel commitment in December 2023, Shiffrin became a second after a cruciate ligament tear Petra Vlhova and in front of the Carinthian Katharina troop.