Shiffrin says should not have to choose between 'morals' and job to compete at Games

FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 20, 2021 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. poses with her bronze medal after finishing in third place in the Women's Slalom REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - Olympic champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin has said she should not have to choose between her "morals" and her "job" amid calls for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Human rights groups have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take the Games out of China because of its treatment of Uighur Muslims and other human rights concerns. China denies human rights abuses.