Overview

• The four-time overall World Cup winner fractured her ankle in a late-September training fall in Zermatt and has since undergone successful surgery.
• Sporting director Andreas Scheid described a potential return as a challenge given the tight recovery window before February.
• Germany already holds an Olympic quota place from Hofmeister’s results last season, but nomination still requires proof of form.
• Under team rules, the benchmark is one top-8 finish or two top-16 results, though officials say exceptions can be made in special cases.
• Hofmeister says she won’t set deadlines and is taking rehabilitation step by step while remaining in a good mental place.