Mikaela Shiffrin adds team event to Olympic schedule and feels ‘pretty good’ after ‘tricky’ downhill at Beijing 2022

Mikaela Shiffrin confirmed she will compete in Saturday’s mixed team event after finishing the «tricky» downhill in 18th at the Winter Olympics. The two-time Olympic champion cast her future appearances at these Games in doubt when crashing out of contention in both the slalom and giant slalom.

Ad/> However, the American bounced back to finish ninth in the super-G before turning her attention to the downhill at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre. Beijing 2022Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill20 HOURS AGO Finshing 2.49 seconds off the winning time, with Corrine Suter pipping rival Sofia Goggia to gold, Shiffrin spoke of her admiration for the top downhill skiers after revealing she would take part in the mixed team parallels on top of going in the combined event on Thursday.

“I’m going to do the team event as well, so four out of six races!” she said. “I feel pretty good, it’s a little bit tricky in downhill because I can feel the speed and can feel some sections are really smooth, good and aggressive.” Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill ‘Fell asleep eating goldfish’ – Shiffrin's 'tweet of the Olympics' after downhill training cancelled Gut-Behrami wins Switzerland's first women's Olympic super-G as Shiffrin finishes ninth “But sometimes I’m a bit too harsh on the edges, and I’m not doing enough with my skis.

It’s a little bit hard for me to find my perfect balance there, but it’s pretty incredible to watch all of these other ladies skiing down – especially the top girls.” Shiffrin had admitted after the super-G that the Games were not going how she had expected or hoped, but the American is still eager to learn with two more events to come. She added: “It’s just