This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Six weeks ago, Mikaela Shiffrin didn’t have the core strength to even rise out of a chair.

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 on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, where something ...

Selected to carry her home country’s flag in the opening ceremony here, Federica Brignone needed an assist. Her surgically repaired leg - shredded in a horrific crash in April 2025 - hurt so badly from standing that she asked very tall curler,