Overview
- In a Eurosport interview published Dec. 1–2, the Kitzbühel double winner said he intends to attempt a World Cup comeback.
- He credited his survival to a neurosurgeon who was on site in Bormio because organizers were running a 2026 Winter Olympics test.
- The late-2024 training crash caused a brain bleed that required emergency surgery removing part of his skull, followed by a multi-day coma.
- He reports having regained his abilities and experiencing only knee limitations, saying he has no other lasting effects.
- Doctors cleared him to ski months ago, but he has not returned yet and says he would stop if he cannot reach elite performance.