Shiffrin likely won't have a target date for ski racing return for another 7-10 days, coach says

Mikaela Shiffrin is back on snow and skiing regularly again at home in Colorado. When she'll return to racing after an unusual puncture wound to her side remains "a moving target" that probably won't be figured out for another week to 10 days, U.S. Ski Team head coach Paul Kristofic said.

Shiffrin crashed on Nov. 30 as she was chasing her record-extending 100th World Cup win in a giant slalom in Killington, Vermont, and was stabbed by something as she slid down the mountain. A couple of weeks later, she had abdominal surgery to clean out her puncture wound.

But she indicated on social media that she returned to skiing about a week ago.

"Things are moving along," Kristofic told The Associated Press at the World Cup races in Cortina late Thursday. "It's an injury I don't think many people have ever dealt with. So it's been complicated in a way to ensure she's actually physically ready during the healing process and improving that way because of the nature of the injury."

Shiffrin's team, led by her personal head coach Karin Harjo, is in Colorado with her. Her team also includes physical therapist Regan Dewhirst, who has been essential lately.

"She's been working with Regan every day since the injury happened," Kristofic said. "Regan's been with her every single day."

It's the second consecutive season that Shiffrin has had a major crash, having hit the safety netting at high speed during a downhill in Cortina a year ago, spraining the MCL and tibiofibular ligaments in her left knee. She returned after 1 1/2 months out and competed at two stops at the end of last season.

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Mikaela Shiffrin crashes during World Cup giant slalom, taken off course by sled

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