Slalom is Mikaela Shiffrin’s last shot at an Olympic medal in Italy. Good news? It’s her best event

By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin likes to invoke the adage from tennis great Billie Jean King that “pressure is a privilege.” Even if, at times, it doesn’t quite feel like it.

And it might not at the moment for the American skiing star as she prepares for her third and final race at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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