Mikaela Shiffrin suffers, Vlhová’s rival has not been able to ski properly since the triumph: It’s frustrating – Športky.sk

NEW YORK – American skier Mikael Shiffrin suffers from back pain that prevents her from preparing for the next World Cup race. In an interview with the AP agency, she admitted that she is suffering from strong cramps or stretched muscles, and she has not been able to ski properly since the triumph in the opening huge slalom of the season in Sölden, Austria (October 23).

She is not able to train

The great rival of the Slovak Petra Vlhová celebrated the jubilee 70th victory in her career in the glacier overture, but another triumph is in sight, as Shiffrin is not able to train fully or fully at the moment due to back problems. “I would compare it to very painful cramps, or rather stretched muscles,” stated in an online interview for AP the three-time overall winner of the World Championships (2017, 2018, 2019). “I need it to heal as soon as possible. I believe it won’t take that long if I take the time. frustrating, because under normal circumstances I should now fully train four disciplines. “

Five disciplines are planned in Beijing

The two-time Olympic champion would like to start in all five individual disciplines at the February Olympic Games in Beijing – slalom, giant slalom, super-G, downhill and alpine combined. “It’s such a waiting game now. I’ll see when he can be in the snow again and prepare at full intensity. I have to be able to ski at the highest level, be sure of the skis I started to lose from Sölden,” Shiffrin admitted. According to her, the current health problems are different from the back injury that ruled her out last season in the World Cup. However, both could be related to a spinal injury she suffered in a fall when she was only nine years old.

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