Mikaela Shiffrin's fiancé Aleksander Kilde makes his feelings known as he reunites with the skier and returns to Europe

Mikaela Shiffrin's fiancé, Aleksander Kilde, shared his thoughts as he reunited with the skier and returned to Europe. The Norwegian Alpine skier is currently aiming to return to the slopes to compete professionally after making a full recovery from his injury, which was caused by a devastating crash earlier this year in January.

Aleksander Kilde suffered a high-speed downhill crash during his appearance at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland. The impact of the crash was such that he had to undergo surgery immediately. He returned to Austria after the surgery, but a couple of months later, an infection was found in his shoulder that needed immediate medical attention once again.

The 32-year-old skier has been progressively making a recovery and revealed in a recent short documentary series posted on his YouTube channel that he hopes to make a full recovery as soon as possible. However, due to the nature of the injury and the estimated time needed to be fit enough to compete professionally on the slopes, he won't be making an appearance in the 2024/25 season.

The Norwegian Alpine skier reunited with his fiancée and shared glimpses of his return to Europe, where he began skiing on the slopes. Furthermore, he shared his experience of wearing ski boots after a long time.

" With full batteries back to Europe 🔋 and yes, the ski boots felt pretty good 😅," he wrote.

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Aleksander Kilde opens up about the horrific crash in Switzerland

Aleksander Kilde makes an appearance at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Super G - Source: Getty

Aleksander Kilde spoke about his downhill crash in an interview with CNN. The Norwegian Alpine skier revealed that the crash had a major impact as well as stressed the dangers of downhill skiing due to the high speed involved.

“It was a big hit. Downhill is fast, it’s dangerous and, when things happen, it’s really hard to react and to remember tiny details. But what I do remember is that I collapsed in one of the turns right before the finish, which is a crucial turn too, fell into the gate, and then slid down the slopes and straight into the nets," he said.

"I hit the nets at 90 degrees, so what I remember is that I saw the net and then hitting it – and then I probably blacked out for a little while," he added.

As he woke up from the nets he felt a sense of excruciating pain in his shoulder and saw heavy bleeding from his leg.