Winter Olympics – Mikaela Shiffrin reveals different mindset ahead of women’s downhill event at Beijing 2022

Mikaela Shiffrin has decided to compete in the women’s downhill event for the first time at a Winter Olympics, but said she is no longer focusing solely on winning a medal. Shiffrin's Olympics got off to a disastrous start at Beijing 2022 as she failed to finish her opening runs in both the giant slalom and slalom, two events where she was a gold-medal favourite. She then came ninth in the super-G — the first time she competed at that event in the Olympics.

Ad/> Going into the Olympics, Shiffrin would probably have viewed the downhill as the event where she was least likely to medal — she has just two World Cup wins in the discipline, compared to a record 47 in slalom and 14 in GS. Now she's trying to play down expectations in her own head as she tries to make up for a series of disappointments in Beijing. Beijing 2022‘Fell asleep eating goldfish’ – Shiffrin's 'tweet of the Olympics' after downhill training cancelledYESTERDAY AT 02:27 “There’s always some part of you that’s thinking, ‘Maybe there’s a chance,’” Shiffrin said.

“I’m not focusing on the medal anymore. It’s just trying to do my best execution every day. Anyway, that’s my best shot at a medal.