Alpine skiing-Shiffrin collects globe as Vlhova wins season's last slalom

FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Giant Slalom - Are, Sweden - March 10, 2023 Slovakia's Petra Vlhova in action Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency via REUTERS

(Reuters) - 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.