Mikaela Shiffrin brought 60 pairs of skis to Beijing and still wound up borrowing a pair from a fellow Olympian

• Mikaela Shiffrin brought 60 pairs of skis to the Winter Olympics.
• Despite having plenty of options, Shiffrin still wound up borrowing a pair from a fellow Olympian.

Mikaela Shiffrin came to the Winter Olympics prepared.

Set to ski in as many as six events, Shiffrin brought 60 pairs of skis with her to Beijing.

NBC's broadcast of the women's combined showed a photo of Shiffrin's impressive ski collection, which must be seen to be believed.

But even with 60 pairs of skis to choose from, Shiffrin elected on Wednesday night to borrow a pair from a competitor for the downhill portion of the women's combined.

Shiffrin skied on a pair owned by Italy's Sofia Goggia, who won a silver medal in the downhill earlier in the games. Given Goggia wasn't competing in the combined, the temporary trade wasn't a problem.

Former American Olympian Lindsey Vonn, who now serves as a commentator for NBC, approved of Shiffrin's move.

"She's feeling more comfortable," Vonn said of Shiffrin's decision to switch. "She's got Sophia's skis, and I think this is really going to help her chances at a medal today."

It's not the first time Shiffrin has been involved in an Olympic ski trade, though last time, she was on the other end of it.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin lent Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic a pair of her skis, helping her win a historic gold medal in the Super-G.

After completing the downhill portion of the combined, Shiffrin explained that it wasn't all that uncommon for skiers to trade off pairs from time to time, but expressed appreciation for Goggia, as the skis she had borrowed were in her current rotation.

"They're a pair of the skis that she's currently training and competing on," Shiffrin said. "She didn't need them, because she wasn't competing here, so I was able to try them yesterday."

Shiffrin also said that Goggia left a nice message for her to find on the skis.

"She actually wrote a small message on them," she told NBC. "I saw it in the start and I almost started crying."