Nancy Armour, USA TODAYThu, November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM UTCCOPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado — His time and where he finished were irrelevant. For the first time since a horrific crash almost two years ago, and the surgeries, setbacks and fears that followed, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was racing.
With fiancée Mikaela Shiffrin watching anxiously in the finish area, the Norwegian made a triumphant return Thursday to the sport he once dominated. When he crossed the finish line, Kilde and Shiffrin both broke into wide smiles.
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