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With the Paris Olympics just 100 days ahead, the sports community cannot keep their calm. Mikaela Shiffrin has expressed sheer excitement for the upcoming event. The alpine skiing queen is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and cannot wait to witness the craziness of the Summer Olympics 2024.
Shiffrin expressed her excitement by reposting Team USA's video hyping up the Paris Olympics on her X account. The video featured various renowned athletes such as Christian Coleman, Katie Ledecky, Suni Lee, and others. She voiced her excitement, saying,
"Anyone else excited for @Paris2024?! @NBCOlympics - can't wait."
Shiffrin has clinched two Olympic gold medals. She is also the youngest slalom gold medalist in Olympic history, having won her first Olympic gold medal at the age of 14 at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
She faced mental health struggles after losing her father in 2020 and battling COVID-19 in 2021. Before skiing down the snow in the 2022 Winter Olympics, she took a moment for herself and her thoughts before she skied in front of the world, but failed to clinch a medal.
"I was trying out how I could disappear from the mountain and melt under the fence," Shiffrin said.
Mikaela Shiffrin's performance in 2024
The beginning of 2024 for Mikaela Shiffrin was not an expected one. The 28-year-old met one of the most intense crashes of her career in the World Cup downhill race in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy.
Shiffrin lost control while landing a jump and then found herself banging into a patch of snow before meeting the safety net. She was there for ten minutes then the skiing star was airlifted to a local hospital. Here, it was revealed that she had attained a probable left leg injury.
Shiffrin shared an update about the same on her X account. She revealed how she is coping with the injury and her current situation.
"At this point, I'm just taking it day by day, and I'll share more information or updates as I know more. Very thankful it's not worse, but I'm pretty sore at the moment."
However, after taking a six-week hiatus for her injury, Mikaela Shiffrin came back with a bang. In her very first race after the crash, the alpine skiing phenom clocked the fastest times in both runs and trounced her Croatian contender Zrinka Lju by a gap of 1.24 seconds.
After winning the race, Mikaela Shiffrin expressed that she felt great after racing for so long,
"It was so nice to race again today and some nerves and all the emotions that I hoped to feel," Shiffrin said.
