‘SHIFFRIN WILL MEDAL IN IT ALL’

FORMER Olympic gold medallists Lindsey Vonn and Picabo Street believe their compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin can medal in every event she competes in at the Beijing Games.

Shiffrin (above), who won gold in slalom in Sochi in 2014 and in giant slalom in PyeongChang four years ago, is hoping to compete in all five individual events.

Vonn, who competed in four Olympics and is the most successful American woman on the World Cup tour with 82 victories, believes Shiffrin is capable of finishing on the podium in every race she enters.

Vonn said: “I’m really expecting her to get a medal in every event that she competes in. I really think she’s skiing exceptionally well.”

Street, gold medallist at Nagano in 1998 and silver medallist four years earlier in Lillehammer, says Colorado-born Shiffrin, 26, will not be fazed by the unknown piste in Yanqing.

“She’s going into the games thinking, I got this whatever is coming my way,” said Street.