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Shiffrin shifts from record chase to medal races at worlds

United States' Paula Moltzan reacts after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato) Third place United States' Travis Ganong is flanked by ski legend Daron Rahlves on the podium after an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill race in Kitzbuehel, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) First placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, right, celebrates with second placed Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde at the end of an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom race, her 82nd win, matching Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup skiing record, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File) FILE - A crown is placed on United States' Mikaela Shiffrin's head after she won an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, her 84th World Cup race, in Kronplatz, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File) FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, her 83rd World Cup race, in Kronplatz, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File) FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, skis down after falling the women's combined slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States crashes out during the women's combined slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) FILE - Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, reacts after falling in the women's combined slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in the Yanqing district of Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Shiffrin isn't putting the same pressure on herself for the upcoming world championships, starting on on Feb. 6, 2023 in Courchevel and Meribel, France, that she did for last year's Beijing Olympics. The event is Shiffrin's first major championship since American skier didn't win a medal and didn't finish three of her five races at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Shiffrin shifts from record chase to medal races at worlds