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Mikaela Shiffrin Suffers Injury While Attempting Historic Win at World Cup Event

Mikaela Shiffrin skis in the first run of the women's giant slalom at the Stifel Killington Cup alpine skiing race. | Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images

Three-time Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin was on tap to secure her 100th World Cup title on Saturday at the Stifel Killington Cup in Killington, Vt., but the 29-year-old crashed while on the second run of the giant slalom competition.

Shiffrin's scans appeared to be clear after she was taken by ambulance to a local medical center. There was no ligament damage found, and her bones and organs are O.K. However, the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team's posted on X that Shiffrin has a "puncture wound into the right side of her abdomen and severe muscle trauma."

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