Overview
- The 33-year-old Norwegian started Thursday's Super-G at Copper Mountain and clocked a run 1.25 seconds off Marco Odermatt’s then-leading time, provisionally placing 19th as Mikaela Shiffrin watched in tears.
- His last race was the Wengen downhill on January 13, 2024, where a heavy crash caused a deep leg wound and a shoulder dislocation followed by multiple surgeries and a serious infection that required an emergency operation in July 2024.
- Kilde advanced his comeback from a planned Beaver Creek return to a short-notice start in Copper Mountain, confirming the decision late Wednesday and announcing it on Instagram.
- Norwegian alpine chief Claus Johan Ryste called it fantastic to have Kilde back after the prolonged injury layoff and said the team was eager to see him back in the start gate.
- Kilde says he intends to keep racing for at least five more years and is targeting the 2026 Olympics, though he acknowledges lingering shoulder limitations that affect his racing position.