Shiffrin sets record with 156th World Cup podium, finishes 3rd in slalom won by Austria's Truppe

Mikaela Shiffrin let a slalom win slip away Sunday yet set an all-time World Cup record with her 156th finish on a race podium.

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 in Åre, Sweden.

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.

WATCH l Truppe tops slalom podium in Sweden:

Austria's Katharina Truppe wins World Cup slalom in Are

Shiffrin's 156th top-3 result in her World Cup career breaks a tie with Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark. Shiffrin also took the all-time wins record from Stenmark and now has 100 to his 86.

Shiffrin needed to win the race to earn 100 race points and stay in contention — though with just a slim chance in the standings — for a ninth career season-long slalom title. She missed four races after a serious crash in giant slalom in November.

Amelia Smart of North Vancouver, B.C., placed 25th as the lone Canadian among the 27 skiers who completed both runs, finishing 2.48 seconds off the pace with a time of one minute 44.56 seconds.

WATCH l Smart finishes 25th in slalom:

B.C.'s Amelia Smart cracks top-25 in World Cup slalom in Are

With Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova skipping the entire season to recover from a knee injury, the door opened for a new World Cup title winner.

The World Cup season-ending last slalom is at Sun Valley, Idaho, on March 27 with four skiers ahead of Shiffrin and within 100 points of the lead to lift the crystal globe trophy.

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