It has been almost a year since Mikaela Shiffrin's father passed away quickly.
Earlier, the alpine star told about how she had difficulty finding motivation to recover and that she did not feel well during the long period of 300 days she was away from the competition.
- I'm incredibly angry.
I'm angry my dad died.
I'm angry about how lonely I feel.
But I am also grateful for how close I am to my mother.
One thing I have learned these 300 days is that you have to take what life gives you, Shiffrin said in November.
Winner again
Last Saturday, when the giant slalom was run in Courchevel, France, Mikaela Shiffrin finished in fourth place.
Among other things after Sara Hector who finished in an impressive second place.
When Sunday's giant slalom in the same place was postponed to Monday, Shiffrin was back as the winner.
The American was 82 percent ahead of the Italian, Fredrica Brignone and 1.09 seconds ahead of the Frenchwoman Tessa Worley who also stepped up on the podium.
"Crazy"
Afterwards it was not possible to hold back the tears.
- It's quite difficult to explain how I feel.
It was as if 95 percent of me felt I could not handle this.
But then I felt, in a small part of me at the right time, that ... says Shiffrin and interrupts herself before continuing:
- It feels completely crazy to be back.
With today's victory, Mikaela Shiffrin is second in the overall World Cup behind the Slovak, Petra Vlhova.