Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup podiums record with 3rd place in a slalom won by Katharina Truppe

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time 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.

“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.”

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

Truppe now has one from her 181st World Cup start, though she has three championship medals including the team event gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

“It’s just: ‘Wow.’ I’m a little bit speechless,” said Truppe, who had been sixth-fastest in the morning run, trailing Shiffrin by 0.91. “First victory, it’s crazy. I will enjoy it and soak up all this emotion."

Both Truppe and Shiffrin are aged 29 and won slalom bronze medals at the junior world championships though their careers were on different trajectories. Shiffrin won her medal aged 15 in 2011 and already had two World Cup slalom titles and Olympic gold before Truppe got her junior worlds medal in 2015.

Shiffrin needed to win Sunday to earn 100 race points and stay in contention — though only just – for a ninth career season-long slalom title. She missed four slalom races while recovering from her physical and psychological injuries.

“I’m still trying to get the repetition back. I just have to keep practicing it,” she said.

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.

Title-chasing contenders Zrinka Ljutic and Camille Rast, the world championships gold medalist last month, both were below their best form Sunday and placed 10th and 11th, respectively.

Ahead of going to the United States, the 21-year-old Ljutic leads Rast in the slalom standings by 41 points and will win the title with a top-three result. Liensberger, the 2021 champion, and Rast’s Swiss teammate Wendy Holdener also could win.

Shiffrin said she plans to train in Europe before the trip across seven time zones, to the Idaho resort that last staged World Cup races in 1977.

“There’s certainly some travel challenges. It’s a really long distance,” she said. "I guess one more race this season for me but I’m looking forward to it.”

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Austria's Katharina Liensberger reacts after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin applauds the winner Austria's Katharina Truppe after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, left, third placed, embraces Austria's Katharina Truppe, the winner, after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Austria's Katharina Truppe reacts after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Germany's Emma Aicher after falling on the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Sweden's Sara Hector speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Switzerland's Camille Rast speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Germany's Lena Duerr speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

United States' Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Johnson had 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in his seventh triple-double of the season, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 111-99 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 23 points and Onyeka Okongwu had 22 for the Hawks, while both Zaccharie Risacher and Luke Kennard scored 12.

Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 24 points. OG Anunoby had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Mikal Bridges added 18 points.

Ariel Hukporti, who replaced Karl-Anthony Towns (illness) in the starting lineup, grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds for New York.

The Knicks got off to a quick start, taking an 11-2 lead. Trailing 30-29, the Hawks scored the final four points of the first quarter and never trailed again.

Atlanta extended its lead to 60-45 on Okongwu’s short jumper with 1:16 remaining in the second quarter before Brunson’s runner cut the Knicks’ deficit to 60-47 at halftime.

Alexander-Walker’s driving layup with 1:14 left in the third quarter gave the Hawks their biggest lead of the game at 94-68 and they were ahead 94-70 at the end of the quarter.

The Knicks scored the first 11 points of the fourth quarter and pulled within 94-81 before Kennard connected on back-to-back 3-pointers to end the streak.

New York mounted a final rally following consecutive 3-pointers by Bridges to edge within 108-99, but never got any closer.

The Hawks, who have won two in a row following a season-high, seven-game losing streak, became the first team to hold the Knicks to fewer than 100 points this season.

Atlanta's Trae Young (bruised right quadriceps) and Knicks center Mitchell Robinson (left ankle injury management) each missed their third straight games.

Hawks: Visit Toronto on Saturday.

Knicks: Host Philadelphia on Saturday.

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Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu reacts after scoring a 3-point basket during first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels (5) passes the ball around New York Knicks center Ariel Hukporti (55) during second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, bottom, and Atlanta Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu (17) battle for the ball during second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson, right, is defended by New York Knicks forward Og Anunoby during second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)