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Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announce their engagement

FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, left, and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde attend the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023, in New York. Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they’re engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of several photos they posted on their social media accounts. Aamodt Kilde is a former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they're engaged to be married.

Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of several photos they posted on their social media accounts.

Aamodt Kilde is a former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist. The 31-year-old Norwegian's season ended in January when he sustained injuries in a crash during a downhill race in Wengen, Switzerland.

They've been dating for several years.

The 29-year-old Shiffrin completed her season three weeks ago with her record-extending 60th win in slalom and 97th overall at the World Cup finals.

The American had been earlier sidelined for six weeks because of a knee injury sustained in a downhill crash Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy in January.

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FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, right, and Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde stand in the finish area and follow an alpine ski women's World Cup downhill, in Saalbach, Austria, on March 23, 2024. Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they’re engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of several photos they posted on their social media accounts. Aamodt Kilde is a former overall World Cup champion and two-time Olympic medalist. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin poses with her medal after placing third in the alpine ski, women's World Cup overall standings, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, right, and Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde stand in the finish area and follow an alpine ski women's World Cup downhill, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)