Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup podiums record, taking 3rd place in slalom race
Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom.
ARE, Sweden — Mikaela Shiffrin set a World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom.
Racing through steadily falling snow with a first-run lead, Shiffrin was only 25th-fastest in the second run to finish in third place, 0.19 seconds behind surprise winner Katharina Truppe.
Katharina Liensberger placed second, trailing 0.05 behind her Austria teammate, whose first career World Cup win was earned at age 29.
“Katharina Day!” Shiffrin said in the finish area as she hugged the two racers who beat her.
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates finishing third in the women's World Cup slalom on Sunday.Giovanni Auletta / AP“I actually feel pretty good about it,” Shiffrin said of her fifth slalom race in her comeback from a serious crash in November. “I maybe wasn’t always perfect but I was pushing really hard.”
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