Norwegian alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is setting goals and counting down days as his comeback to competition after his nightmare crash continues.
Back on snow training in Chile, the 32-year-old reiterated that the Beaver Creek downhill in December remains one of his big ambitions and has started a countdown to help chart his progress.
“It’s amazing to be here. Feeling this close to the sport. It’s been a minute,” Kilde shared on social media on Wednesday (27 August)
“The next four weeks are really promising to do some good training and progress. I also looked at the calendar, and it’s 100 days until the Beaver Creek downhill, and I was thinking about that being one of the biggest goals I have coming up. And I wondered if maybe you guys would join that journey.
“So, let’s do a countdown of 100 days from now and then see where it takes me.”
The two-time Olympic medallist also shared in the video that his longtime girlfriend and superstar skier Mikaela Shiffrin was alongside him and his team for the training block.
Kilde hasn’t raced since January 2024 after he sustained a heavy crash during a downhill event in Wengen, injuring his left shoulder. His recovery, which included a string of surgeries, was complicated by an infection and saw him sit out the last season entirely.