New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Mikaela Shiffrin isn't just narrowing her focus for the Milan Cortina Olympics after struggling in Beijing four years ago. She's cutting her race program in half after two serious crashes since 2022.

The American skiing standout will race only her core events of slalom and giant slalom, plus team combined - which for her is a slalom run, U.S. head coach Paul Kristofic told The Associated Press on Thursday.

That's compared to the six events she entered in 2022 - when she didn't finish three races and didn't win a medal.

Shiffrin entered one World Cup super-G this season at St. Moritz, Switzerland, in December and performed well until missing the final gate. She was pleased by that performance but then didn't race an...