Norway's ski racing superstar Aleksander Aamodt Kilde has been spotted back on snow five months after a horrific crash in the Lauberehorn race in Wengen.
Kilde, who is also one half of ski racing power couple with American fiancé Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful racer of all time, has been on indoor Norwegian snow at Oslo's SNØ indoor ski centre this week.
"It's been a long way to get where I am today. It's been a rollercoaster. I am now back to a normal existence. But it's not enough to win the race. Now I'm at a level where I'm thinking about coming back as an athlete again," Kilde commented.
Kilde suffered severe lacerations to his leg and calf and major damage to his shoulder in the crash close to the finish line at Wengen. In the intervening months he has said he is unsure whether he will race again, although noted that was in part due to what he said was a poor position for racers on the Norwegian ski team in terms of income as much as due to his injuries.
The 31-year-old has won 21 World Cup downhill and Super G races and two Olympic medals, having competed in the past three Winter Olympic Games.
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