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Pace, precision and bravery come together as the women's alpine combined champion is crowned at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Mikaela Shiffrin needs just one more Olympic medal to equal Julia Mancuso鈥檚 American female skiing record of four and this is her last chance to reach the podium in Beijing. The American was a combined silver medallist in PyeongChang and is also the reigning world champion, and despite nothing going her way so far at these Games, she did finish Wednesday鈥檚 downhill training session with the fastest time. Shiffrin鈥檚 big rival Petra Vlhova would have competed here but her Olympics ended prematurely due to an ankle injury. The biggest threat is likely to come from Switzerland鈥檚 combined specialist Michelle Gisin and Austria鈥檚 Wendy Holdener, who is a former double world champion in this event. The Italians are well represented here once again, with Federica Brignone looking to add to the giant slalom silver she won at the start of last week.