USA's Mikaela Shiffrin adds record-tying 6th event to alpine skiing schedule

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Team USA's Mikaela Shiffrin, a three-time Olympic medalist who has yet to medal in Beijing, added a record-tying sixth event to her 2022 Winter Games alpine skiing schedule.

Shiffrin confirmed Tuesday that she entered the mixed team parallel slalom competition on the Eurosport broadcast of the 2022 Winter Games.

"I'm going to do the team event as well," Shiffrin said. "I feel pretty good."

Shiffrin, a gold medal favorite entering the games, is the No. 1 downhill skier in the world. She was disqualified from her first two -- and best -- events, the giant slalom and slalom.

She then finished ninth in the women's Super-G on Friday at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center in Beijing.

Shiffrin placed 18th in her first-ever appearance in an Olympic downhill competition Tuesday in Beijing.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhova, the No. 2 alpine skier in the world, is the only other women's figure skater to appear in six events in a single Winter Games.

Vlhova, 26, accomplished that feat at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Vlhova won gold in the slalom this year in Beijing.

She will miss the alpine combined slalom event with an ankle injury. Shiffrin will compete in that event, which airs at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on USA.

Her sixth event, the mixed team parallel slalom competition, starts at 10 p.m. EST Friday on NBC.