The comeback nobody in the sport thought was possible
Two reconstructed knees, three seasons away and a podium finish that silenced a mountain.
The medical advice after the second surgery was unambiguous: find something else to do with your thirties.
The rehabilitation took two and a half years and involved a training plan built almost entirely around not skiing.
The run itself
Starting well down the order, the split times were unremarkable through the first two sectors and then something changed in the steep section.
The finish area went from polite applause to genuine disbelief in about four seconds.
The next race is in three weeks, and the entry list suddenly looks very different.
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