American Mikaela Shiffrin, General leader of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, announced this Monday that he has tested positive for covid-19 so he will not compete tomorrow and next Wednesday in the giant and slalom events in Lienz (Austria). “I’m fine, but unfortunately I have tested positive. I am isolated and following protocol. I will miss Lienz,” Shiffrin signed in a message posted on social networks to announce his withdrawal from dating this week.
The American skier on the 21st he achieved his third win of the season by beating the giant of Courchevel (France), after having won the Soelden Giant (Austria) in October and the Killington Slalom (USA) in November.
Shiffrin is leader of the general of the giant with 200 points, 90 more than the Slovak Petra Vlhova and 98 more than the Swedish Sara Hector. She also leads the general of the World Cup with 670, ahead of the Italian Sofia Goggia (635), that after being tenth in the first round in Courchevel he did not finish the second and did not score.