Overview
- Carl has been back in national team training since late September and is eligible to race again at the start of the season in late November.
- She missed the 2026 Winter Olympics after an 18‑month suspension that followed a positive test for the banned substance clenbuterol in March 2025.
- Carl says a Bundeswehr doctor gave her the cough medicine Spasmo Mucosolvan at the March 2025 Military World Championships and links that to the clenbuterol finding, a claim reported but not independently verified.
- Procedural rules require her to earn FIS points at second‑tier events first, so she will skip the first World Cup weekend and aims to return to the World Cup in Trondheim.
- DSV sport director Peter Schlickenrieder says Carl appears at her previous top performance level but cautions that high motivation could backfire as she manages the physical and mental strains of a high‑profile comeback.