Alpine skiing-Shiffrin ready for return to competition after injury

FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Slalom - Flachau, Austria - January 16, 2024 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. celebrates on the podium after winning the women's slalom REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

(Reuters) - Mikaela Shiffrin will return to competition this weekend after a six-week injury layoff but the American skier said on Friday she has adjusted her expectations and will not have her sights set on capturing a sixth overall World Cup title this year.

Shiffrin suffered a knee injury during a downhill race at Cortina d'Ampezzo and during her absence was overtaken atop the overall World Cup standings by Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami and currently sits in third position, 385 points back.