The good news for Mikaela Shiffrin is that she no longer feels pain in her abdomen after a deep puncture wound nearly pierced her colon. The challenge now is getting back to top form.

And extending her perfect run of six medals in six career slalom races at the world championships. Mikaela Shiffrin’s array of international fans who gathered in the Austrian Alps may have entertained the thought of witnessing those achievements when the American stood third after the opening run Saturday,

All that talk about a record-breaking 16th medal. And extending her perfect run of six medals in six career slalom races at the world championships.