Troops first for the first time, Shiffrin once again surpasses Stenmark

Austrian skier Katarina Trupe won the slalom World Cup race in Ore, Sweden today.

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Shiffrin won the 156th podium of her career, Photo: Reuters
Shiffrin won the 156th podium of her career, Photo: Reuters
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Austrian skier Katarina Trupe won the slalom World Cup race in Ore, Sweden today, while American Mikaela Shiffrin broke the record for the number of overall podium finishes.

Trupe won with a time of 1:42,08 minutes to claim her first World Cup triumph. Her compatriot Katarina Linsberger came in second, 0,05 seconds behind.

American Mikaela Shiffrin was third, 0,19 seconds behind, and broke the record for the number of total podium finishes - 156. She was followed by the famous Swede Ingemar Stenmark with 155 podium finishes.

Shiffrin was first today after the first run.

Sweden's Anna Sven-Larsson took fourth place, and Switzerland's Wendy Holdener was fifth.

The favorites to win the slalom title, Zrinka Ljutić from Croatia and Kamila Rast from Switzerland, took 10th and 11th place, respectively. Linsberger and Holdener could also win the small crystal globe.

Ljutić leads the slalom standings with 515 points, 41 more than Rast. Linsberger is third with 464 points, and Holdener has 419 in fourth place. The final slalom race on the program is March 27 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

In the overall World Cup standings, Italian Federica Brinjone is in first place with 1.294 points, ahead of Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami with 972 points and Ljutić with 790 points.

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