Olympics Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Hospitalized After Crashing In World Cup Race

Snowboarding star Mikaela Shiffrin was airlifted to a hospital after crashing in a World Cup downhill run on Friday … however, fortunately, she prevented severe damage.

The scary incident occurred when Shiffrin — who holds the file with 95 World Cup wins — was going at excessive speeds down the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

In footage of the run, Shiffrin is proven dropping management whereas making an attempt to land a bounce about 20 seconds into her race … finally crashing into the security limitations.

The 28-year-old was transported to a close-by hospital by way of medical helicopter to guage her leg damage … and it seems like she escaped the incident with none severe difficulty.

U.S. group coach Paul Kristofic spoke about MS’ standing with the AP … saying, “She’s positive and in a certain way relieved because it could have been worse. But she’s pretty sore, as you are for most speed crashes. But she was quite upbeat about things.”

Shiffrin thanked her followers for exhibiting love after her crash … and gave her group a shout-out for ending high 20 within the race.

“Thank you everyone for your support and well wishes. At this point I’m just taking it day by day, and I’ll share more information or updates as I know more,” Shiffrin stated on Instagram.

“Very thankful it’s not worse, but I’m pretty sore at the moment.”

Shiffrin will sit out Saturday and Sunday’s downhill occasions in Cortina … and her return to the slopes is unknown presently.

“I won’t be skiing the rest of this weekend, and I won’t be skiing in Kronplatz,” Shiffrin stated.

“Beyond that, it’s quite hard to say right now. Need a little time to process with my team and see how everything is feeling in the coming days! Thank you all!🙏”

The crash comes shortly after Shiffrin’s boyfriend — Norweigan skier Aleksander Kilde — had a brutal tumble at a World Cup occasion … leading to a number of accidents and an pressing surgical procedure.