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Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin will return to alpine skiing competition next week, the American star announced Thursday on the “Today” show. She’ll compete in the World Cup event in Courchevel, France, where a slalom race is scheduled for Jan. 30, two months to the day after she was injured in a bad fall.

On Nov. 30, Shiffrin crashed in a giant slalom run in Killington, Vermont, while bidding to become the first Alpine skier to reach 100 World Cup victories. She tumbled over and sustained a puncture wound seven centimeters deep into the right side of her abdomen, tearing into her external and internal oblique muscles.

Mikaela Shiffrin is ready to get back on the slopes. The 29-year-old, two-time Olympic gold medalist exclusively announced on the Jan. 23 episode of TODAY that she is returning to competition after injuring herself last year during a race.

Shiffrin made some post-injury turns earlier this month, calling the three mellow laps she made “a successful on-snow test," and, according to the Associated Press, has undergone slalom training amidst her recovery.

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin says she will return to World Cup alpine skiing on January 30, exactly two months after she was injured in a hard fall.

"I’m strong enough to get back in the start gate," the athlete said Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to the Alpine Ski World Cup on Thursday, Jan. 30, in Courchevel, France, for what will be her first professional race since sustaining a puncture wound to her abdomen in a fall back in November.

Team USA's Olympics star Mikaela Shiffrin, who was injured in a November giant slalom race, will return to Alpine Ski World Cup competition, she announced Thursday.

Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair. A sneeze or a laugh brought on instant pain. That was all due to a serious crash in a giant slalom race ...

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