Mikaela Shiffrin hospitalized after crash on 2026 Olympics course in Italy

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed into the safety nets after losing control while landing a jump during a World Cup downhill Friday on the course for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics and was being checked for a possible left leg injury.

The American skier with a record 95 World Cup wins was helped off the course with her left boot raised off the snow.

"Mikaela Shiffrin was taken by ambulance to the clinic in Cortina and is being evaluated for a left leg injury. Initial analysis shows the ACL and PCL seem intact. Further details to come," Shiffrin's team said in a statement.