Shiffrin (r) and Kilde got engaged in Innsbruck
Photo: APA/BARBARA GINDL
DHe alpine ski top stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced their engagement on their social networks. The American double Olympic champion and the Norwegian, who was recently seriously injured, promised each other a long-term relationship in Innsbruck, as can be seen in the pictures posted on Instagram, among others. It will probably take some time until the wedding, as Kilde also revealed.
“That will probably happen when we settle down, in a few years,” said the 31-year-old. The couple made their relationship public in May 2021. The previous month, Shiffrin had further cemented her status as the best ski racer in history with her 97th World Cup victory. Kilde, who won the overall World Cup in 2020, suffered a serious fall in Wengen and a very deep cut in his right calf.
The 29-year-old Shiffrin, who herself had to take a six-week break due to a knee injury, was at the injured man’s bedside to support his recovery. “In difficult times you realize who loves you and cares about you,” Kilde said during this time.