Slovakia's Petra Vlhova won the final women's slalom of the Alpine skiing season in Andorra on Saturday as Mikaela Shiffrin finished third to tie another record and collect the World Cup champion's crystal globe.
Vlhova had led after the first run down Soldeu's Avet slope and finished 0.43 of a second ahead of Croatia's Leona Popovic, on the podium for the first time in her career.
It was the 137th World Cup podium appearance of her career, equalling the women's record of compatriot Lindsey Vonn. It was Shiffrin's second worst result of the season in the discipline, with the 28-year-old winning six of 11 slaloms and finishing second three times. "It's a challenging slope and it's kind of interesting to finish the season with that because for me it gives a lot of insight into the things we can work on through the summertime and the preparation for next season," Shiffrin said.Shiffrin said this globe felt different to those won earlier in her career.
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