New interview with Mikaela - the recovery process got longer (Dec. 17th)

Unfortunaely, it looks like that there is a chance, that Mikaela won't return this season. While the doctors were able to reattach her oblique, the surgery also extended the recovery, If they could have avoided surgery, they were pretty sure a return this season would have been possible. Now they have to wait and see how she improves over the next weeks and months.

A Longer Recovery Process

“I think if all things had gone perfectly and all the drainage just came out, we were pretty sure the season would be possible,” she said. “It just depends on how I improve over the next weeks and months. There’s not a lot of precedent for this injury in our sport.

“We can look at acute oblique tears in baseball, hockey and other sports, but ski racing is different. When you think about the force of a GS turn or a slalom turn or a super-G turn, it’s hard to know what the muscle will withstand. We’re giving it a couple of weeks to see. I think we’ll get a clearer view each day of how it’s going to work.”

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