MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA takes 3rd place competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men and Women's Parallel slalom on January 29, 2013 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) - Not every 17-year-old walks into her first world championships with medal expectations and a roomful of media.
For Mikaela Shiffrin, it's another challenge this season she's handling like an old pro ahead of the giant slalom in Austria on Thursday.
The American high school student has won three World Cup slaloms to match a season record set by Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell.
When Shiffrin won last month, she was exactly the same age - 17 years, 308 days - as Moser-Proell was when she earned her third career victory in 1971. Moser-Proell holds the record of 62 World Cup wins.
So not just American media ask Shiffrin how she's handling it all, but also Austrian, Swiss and German reporters.
Shiffrin responds by saying "pressure is just a frame of mind."
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