Dual gold medal-winning Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin has surgery after shocking injury sustained in competition Olympic gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin has undergone abdominal surgery to clean out a puncture wound sustained during a giant slalom crash two weeks ago.
Shiffrin competing in the women's giant slalom at the Stifel Killington Cup alpine skiing race in Vermont where the accident occured.
The accident occurred on November 30 during the Killington Cup in Vermont, where she was leading the race and chasing her 100th World Cup win.
Olympic gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin is recovering in hospital after abdominal surgery.
The dual gold medal winner suffered an injury in a crash in Vermont in November.
